Rachel Whiteread's Sculptures and Drawings in Rome

Rachel Whiteread (London, 1963) presents a small yet refined exhibition in Rome, featuring sculptures and drawings that explore the architecture of everyday life. Using materials such as cement, resin, plaster, rubber, and papier-mâché, Whiteread creates casts of humble structures like sheds and chicken coops found in the countryside outside London, where she lives. These elements—doors, walls, windows—echo the title of the 2016 Venice Biennale curated by Rem Koolhaas, "Fundamentals of Architecture." The exhibition also includes urban references: a cast of a door from a Roman building and elements reminiscent of the glass-concrete skyscrapers of London's City. The show juxtaposes ancient and modern, reflecting Whiteread's aesthetic and conceptual research.