Rachel Whiteread ‘Untitled (Bubble), 2022’ limited edition print
Add to Wish ListThis print is only available for collection which should be arranged with the Government Art Collection in London. The buyer must arrange to collect the print within one month of purchase. Purchasers will be sent full details by email. Shipping details will be requested at the checkout, however no shipping charge will be applied.
Starting in 2018 and for ten years, the Government Art Collection has commissioned a British artist to create an original, limited-edition print to be displayed in diplomatic buildings across the world, with a small number available to purchase.
Rachel Whiteread, the first woman to win the Turner Prize, was honoured with the Robson Orr TenTen Award in 2022, for which she created the piece ‘Untitled (Bubble), 2022’. The circular forms in her work evoke the presence of an invisible virus, recalling the microscopic appearance of COVID-19 and the period during the pandemic when our interactions were confined to those within our ‘bubble’. The overlapping bubbles symbolise the ecstatic moments when we reunited with loved ones as restrictions eased.
Whiteread skillfully uses her medium to amplify the fragility and uncertainty felt during this period. In her print, she layers various hues of monochrome ink, occasionally adding watercolour marks by hand to create delicate washes of colour. Whiteread is interested in how the fabric of our daily existence bears the accumulated traces of previous lives.
Lithograph on Somerset white velvet paper
The Robson Orr TenTen commission for 2022
Signed by the artist
Unframed
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Please note that buyers must agree not to sell at auction in the next 5 years
Purchases help to contribute to the Government Art Collection's mission to support UK art and emerging UK artists.
| Fulfillment | Collection |
|---|---|
| Pieces | 1 |
| Dimensions | 70 x 49 cm |
| Material | Somerset white velvet paper |
| Limited edition size | 30 plus 6 artist's proofs |
| Collection | Government Art Collection |
Rachel Whiteread, born in Ilford in 1963, has spent most of her life living and working in East London. She studied painting at Brighton Polytechnic and sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art in the 1980s. In 1993, she became the first woman to win the Turner Prize for her project ‘House’ (1993; destroyed 1994), a life-sized cast of a condemned terraced house in London’s East End. The sculpture, later demolished to make way for new developments, ignited crucial debates about the politics of urbanisation.
Whiteread's significant public commissions include ‘Water Tower’ (1998) in New York, the ‘Holocaust Memorial’ (2000) in Vienna, ‘Monument’ for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square (2001), and ‘Cabin’ for Governors Island, New York (2016).
About The Robson Orr TenTen Award
Ten years, ten prints. Since 2018, the Government Art Collection has been selecting outstanding British artists to create original, limited-edition prints for the Collection to display around the world. The Robson Orr TenTen Award is presented jointly by the Government Art Collection with Outset Contemporary Art Fund and is sponsored by philanthropists Sybil Robson Orr and Matthew Orr.
Through the TenTen project, artists including Michael Armitage, Tacita Dean, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Lubaina Himid and Rachel Whiteread DBE have created original works for the Collection.
