Dear all,
I'm looking for the address of the studio of the London based artist Rachel Whiteread to complete my work “a dollhouse for Rachel Whiteread”.
When I was physically confronted with one of her casted stairwells, I was astounded. The work left a lasting impression on me and I wanted to know more about this artist and her work. When I set out to read about her work, I saw resemblances between how we both experience the relation between human beings and space. I began to see Rachel as a mentor guiding me in my own artistic quest. In this manner she gave me insights in my own perception and experience. I have the impression that Rachel has given me a lot through her work and thus I wanted to give something in return.
I read that Rachel collects dollhouses and this triggered my work. As we all know a dollhouse is a relational object in the best known way: an object between a father and his daughter. As such in the back of my mind I started to make my own dollhouse with my childhood home as the blue-print. My dollhouse has no walls: it is in fact an open structure that refers to a house and its rooms. The only room that is defined is the staircase. This is a hint to the starting point of the project (the experience with a Whiteread stairwell).
The sculpture is the first part of this work. The second part consists of actually giving the dollhouse sculpture to Rachel Whiteread herself.
I would like to thank you in advance for any given assistance.
Kind regards,
Jonas Vansteenkiste
grijzeogen@hotmail.com
http://jonasvansteenkiste.blogspot.com
cell: 0032 474 822746
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