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Cabin

By Rachel Whiteread

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Rachel Whiteread¡¯s instal?la?tion Cab?in con?tin?ues the artist¡¯s inter?est in pro?duc?ing evoca?tive sculp?tures of neg?a?tive spaces and struc?tures. In this case, the artist has sit?ed a con?crete cast of the inte?ri?or of a sim?ple cab?in, a place sug?ges?tive of retreat and intro?spec?tion. Sit?ting mod?est?ly on the hill?side of Dis?cov?ery Hill over?look?ing New York Har?bor, the sculp?ture cre?ates a sense of con?tem?pla?tive qui?et and dis?tance from the bus?tle of the city across the water. Strewn around the cab?in are numer?ous bronze casts of dis?card?ed objects includ?ing bot?tles, cans and oth?er refuse; some of these objects were sourced on the Island itself. 

Gov?er?nors Island Arts presents its pro?gram with the vision?ary sup?port of the Ford Foun?da?tion, as well the Mel?lon Foun?da?tion, the Cha?ri?na Endow?ment Fund, Don?ald R. Mullen Fam?i?ly Foun?da?tion, Stavros Niar?chos Foun?da?tion, Bloomberg Phil?an?thropies, The Gottes?man Fund, Don?ald A. Pels Char?i?ta?ble Trust, the Nation?al Endow?ment for the Arts, and the New York State Coun?cil on the Arts with the sup?port of the Office of the Gov?er?nor and the New York State Legislature.