Rachel Whiteread at Luhring Augustine

Austerely minimal and elegantly, Rachel Whiteread’s Untitled (Pair) from 1999 is based on the shape of a mortuary slab.  One part is curved to allow bodily fluids to drain.  The other is an upside down cast of the first part.  Standing quietly side by side, they suggest partnership through eternity. (At Luhring Augustine through 6/16).  

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Pair), bronze and cellulose paint, 1999.