I looked up Rachel Whiteread's work. I think she has found a unique and successful way to investigate both space and mankind's relationship with space. Her piece I liked the most was called Embankment. She has piled many cardboard boxes to create "buildings," and has created spaces between them acting as roads or sidewalks. To me, cardboard boxes represent industry, the economy, and "progress" in both of these. Using these to erect an entire small city speaks a lot about the commercialization of art. Art was once was a valued and treasured practice. But now, it is perfectly acceptable to use art to brainwash children into desiring the latest toy, or to end relationships due to one partner overspending on fad items. I feel like it is a betrayal and a tragedy that I only perpetuate because, once in a while, I too desire things I see on tv (definitely not the snuggie). Her other sculptures I looked at were all pretty similar in technique.
observation: this morning, weather.com said it was going to rain today. It did not rain all day.
Right after I wrote this I went outside. It was raining.
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