Rachel Whiteread's Embankment January 2006 | Another

Rachel Whiteread found an old, battered cardboard box in her mother's house shortly after she died, this container of memories became the inspiration for her art piece Embankment exhibited at the Tate Modern.

(1374) Rachel Whiteread, Embankment, Tate Modern, London, SE1, Silhouette, Walking

Posted to TA on 1/13/2006 10:01:57 AM | Comments

1. Posted by Melissa on 1/13/2006 6:14:01 AM
Oh. Now that is just cool! I really like it!

2. Posted by w|e|s on 1/13/2006 6:24:05 AM
It speaks volumes. I have many of those white containers coming out of my head stacking up of my parents who passed away many years ago. I love the pic. I can see that it could very well be from your point of view. As I sit there pondering on the art installation and the world spinning around me in slow motion... Very nice Tony. :-) Thanks for sharing, I have always wanted to go to the Tate.

3. Posted by angie on 1/13/2006 10:12:57 AM
Awesome image Tony ;)

4. Posted by twig on 1/13/2006 10:57:25 AM
Would shout 'MAGNIFIQUE' but that's a bl@@dy French word - so ..."Jolly Good show old boy!"
Seriously, just the sort of image you do that I really love.
Have a Beezer weakend.
8¬)

5. Posted by viory on 1/13/2006 11:04:24 AM
i like the picture even more than the art!

6. Posted by twig on 1/13/2006 11:09:06 AM
Viory, am with you there!

7. Posted by stewart on 1/13/2006 1:20:35 PM
I like the movement affect good shot.

8. Posted by francesco on 1/13/2006 1:52:20 PM
another great shot. compliments

9. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 2:03:21 PM
Thanks Melissa, ice cool!?

10. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 2:32:44 PM
Hi Wes, thanks, yes, we seem to keep so many of our memories in boxes, where else would we put them? Something else to contemplate. The Tate Modern is definitely worth visiting, early morning is best, especially Mondays.

11. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 2:33:27 PM
Angie, thank you.

12. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 2:43:35 PM
Twig, thanks a bunch. I'll go for the Dandy day and keep my options open on the weakend, maybe re-visit the Numskulls.

13. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 2:50:22 PM
Viory, hi, wow, thanks. It's a fun exhibit to wander around and kids do a lot of running about and hiding in amongst these inside-out boxes .. and the whole thing makes a great backdrop for people pics ;-]

14. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 3:03:53 PM
Twig, you'll have to visit this place soon!? Much to capture the eye and arouse the imagination.

15. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 3:05:35 PM
Stewart, thanks. I put the camera on the floor and used a long exposure to get this effect.

16. Posted by tony on 1/13/2006 3:06:22 PM
Francesco, thanks. Good to have you come by

17. Posted by francis on 1/13/2006 3:58:07 PM
that is VERY cool -- adds a lot!

18. Posted by mi on 1/13/2006 5:17:36 PM
oh my god!
Tony, your foto is masterpiece itself!
Thank u so much! How can I get your original foto(s) of Rachel Whiteread..?
here is my email : artattack1@hanm
just send me your adress , I have some project to discuss with u, if u don't mind..
see u soon in London!

19. Posted by Keystone on 1/13/2006 5:18:48 PM
OUTSTANDING

20. Posted by mi on 1/13/2006 5:18:52 PM
sorry for my typo
artattack1@ha

21. Posted by mi on 1/13/2006 5:21:59 PM
oh my god..the adress can't be typed ..why..? I'll try again..
hanmail.net , got it..? or please pop over my moblog and leave yours...

22. Posted by tony on 1/14/2006 12:44:22 AM
Francis, thanks, good to have you stop by. Rachel Whiteread had the opportunity to construct a very large piece of work in the cavernous turbine hall at the Tate. I'll put some more pictures up on my web site so you'll be able to see the scale of this piece.

23. Posted by tony on 1/14/2006 3:16:38 AM
Mi, thank you, the project sounds fascinating. I'll put some more of these images up on my web site http://www.anotherphotograph.com this weekend - to publish these photos permission will be needed from Tate Modern/Rachel Whiteread. You can email me at tonyhall@anotherphotograph.com - all the best and see you in London soon!

24. Posted by tony on 1/14/2006 3:20:30 AM
Keystone .. Thank You.

25. Posted by Robert K. on 1/14/2006 8:55:44 AM
Very interesting exhibit!

26. Posted by Arlene on 1/14/2006 9:25:11 PM
Excellent shot!!

27. Posted by superman06 nee riesen2b on 1/14/2006 10:16:49 PM
I admit that I am a novice in art appreciation, but I do know what I like, and I like this tony!

28. Posted by tony on 1/15/2006 1:13:05 AM
Hi Robert, yes, the people who walk amongst these polyethylene boxes become part of the exhibit through implication and associated.

29. Posted by tony on 1/15/2006 1:14:08 AM
Arlene, hi, thank you.

30. Posted by tony on 1/15/2006 1:21:46 AM
Superman06, thanks, and good to have you fly by .. knowing what we like often comes from the heart, some say when we loose the 'he' it becomes art, some say that's just the start, me, I'll just have a tea and make a tart.

31. Posted by Jim on 1/15/2006 5:05:45 AM
OH this is REALLY nice... very creative; an EXCELLENT composition!
Looks like a pile of sugarcubes!

32. Posted by tony on 1/15/2006 8:34:45 AM
Hi Jim, thank you. The composition was helped by the artistic arrangement of the polyethylene 'sugarcubes' and all I had to do is wait for an appropriate character to enter the frame .. not unlike fishing!

33. Posted by robert on 1/15/2006 2:13:40 PM
Hi Tony, a striking shot - black and white, good work at the Tate Modern -- Robert

34. Posted by Odon on 1/15/2006 2:35:08 PM
Really very cool. Lost in time, end of XIX or middle of XX. I really like it!

35. Posted by Jim on 1/15/2006 5:47:36 PM
Hi again Tony! I responded to your question over at my place, but I've never heard of that error. I am going to look into it! Thanks again :)

36. Posted by tony on 1/16/2006 3:27:05 AM
Hi Jim, I've left a comment on your site about the Dreamweaver problem. I'll chase up Macromedia/Adobe support again today. Thanks.

37. Posted by tony on 1/16/2006 3:29:13 AM
Robert, thank you .. and it is nearly black & white.

38. Posted by tony on 1/16/2006 3:36:23 AM
Thank you Odon ... maybe lost in space - xyz?!

39. Posted by Suzie on 1/16/2006 6:56:12 AM
This is great! I love it! :-)

40. Posted by tony on 1/16/2006 10:57:47 AM
Hi Suzie, thank you. The circumstances - low light, flash photography prohibited, banned from using a tripod here - dictated I photograph from the ground. Sometimes restrictions, or boundaries, can produce unusual results!

41. Posted by carl on 1/16/2006 11:11:22 AM
oh yes!!

42. Posted by Melissa on 1/16/2006 12:48:58 PM
I LOVE the unusual results it produced. I would totally try to get a shot like that on purpose! (of course, *I* would come up short, lol)
Seriously I just love this. lol

43. Posted by tony on 1/16/2006 1:27:54 PM
Hi Carl, good to have you stroll by.

44. Posted by tony on 1/16/2006 1:36:19 PM
Hi Melissa, heh, good to have you come back. The camera I use, a Nikon 8400, has a swivel screen, which makes it much easier to view the scene I'm trying to photograph, especially from these low perspectives - btw the Nikon 8400 also has a remote shutter release which made photographing in this situation feel less intrusive.

45. Posted by Odon on 1/17/2006 3:54:49 PM
Lost in space and could be a future, too.
Like in Minority Report.

46. Posted by robert on 1/17/2006 4:15:33 PM
Hello Tony, a great photo can take a second comment, and I can see my new profile -- Robert

47. Posted by Amanda on 1/17/2006 7:01:31 PM
Awesome shot!! This is very cool!

48. Posted by tony on 1/18/2006 12:03:19 AM
Odon, I think the only (Minority Report) 'crime' that can be preconceived in this image is that of using a tripod in this art museum and publishing this image of these polyethylene boxes ;-]

49. Posted by tony on 1/18/2006 12:15:23 AM
Hi Robert, welcome back again .. and you have an 'entente cordiale' profile (?). See you Thursday.

50. Posted by tony on 1/18/2006 12:16:50 AM
Thank you Amanda .. it's good to have you stop by.

51. Posted by Douglas on 1/21/2006 11:51:42 AM
I remember when she did an installation cast of the inside of a house in East London. I also visited Vienna where her holocast memorial is very haunting. Her work centres on absence, or inverse. So by inverse, perhaps the other. This is very 'other-worldly' before your figure.... then, it becomes a magic image. An absorbing image of what must be in an intriguing show by a thinking person.

52. Posted by tony on 1/23/2006 12:57:24 AM
Hi Douglas, thank you for the comment. The people weaving in and out of these piles of boxes became part of the exhibit.

53. Posted by Sadzoo on 1/23/2006 11:28:15 PM
this is a great shot. Art yes!>

54. Posted by tony on 1/26/2006 3:39:16 PM
Sadzoo, thank you, and thanks for stopping by.

55. Posted by Cat on 2/1/2006 5:44:52 AM
That's interesting. The piece itself didn't spark much in me until I read about the inspiration for it. Now I see it in a completely different way and I really like it. Now it makes me think and feel... without that information it was a pile of white boxes. I think that sometimes the story is a very important part of the art. BTW, love the picture. It inspires so many thoughts and possibilities.

56. Posted by tony on 2/1/2006 11:56:43 AM
Hi Cat, you're so right, sometimes just a few words can change your perception of what you see, especially with these more abstract or minimal pieces of art work.

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Picture uploaded January 27, 2006

stewpic says: Time &Motion
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*angela* says: I could literally stare at this one all day Tony!
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brisspaschouette says: excellent ! beautifull, and full of sense with the text
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tonypraxis says: Stewart, these memory boxes occupy much space in this place
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tonypraxis says: Angela, I came back to have a look.
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tonypraxis says: brisspaschouette, thank you very much; memories in boxes take on an ethereal quality here.
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