
Rachel Whiteread
Acting
Biography
Rachel Whiteread is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993.
Known For

The people, places and stories making news in the British countryside.
Countryfile

A weekly BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more.
The Culture Show

Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world.
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

Shining a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines round the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art and asking: when it's life or death, what do women see that men don't?
War Paint: Women at War

An intimate portrait of British sculptor Rachel Whiteread as she unpacks her life's work for a major retrospective at Tate Britain in London. Her work explores themes of memory and absence, casting sculptural forms from familiar domestic objects small and large, from sinks and hot water bottles to living rooms - and a terraced house.
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room

Rachel Whiteread’s cast of a Victorian terraced house in London’s East End was hailed as one of the greatest public sculptures by an English artist in the twentieth century. Completed in autumn of 1993 and demolished in January 1994, House attracted tens of thousands of visitors and generated impassioned debate, in the local streets, the national press and in the House of Commons.
Documentary: Rachel Whiteread, House
In 1992, enigmatic pop band KLF announced their retirement from the music industry, re-emerging as the K Foundation -dedicated to the "advancement of Kreation". In this film, Omnibus tells the story of the creative partnership of Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond, and how they tried to storm into the art world.
A Foundation Course in Art

Why is it that art by male artists always sells for more than that of female artists? Is it subject matter? Is it machismo? Or is it plain old sexism? In this film, Tracey Emin crosses the country on a quest to find out. She meets artists such as Dame Maggi Hambling and Rachel Whiteread; curators such as Norman Rosenthal and gatekeepers such as Oliver Baker from Sotherby's? Have things changed? Or is it society that needs to change before the art market can follow?