Introduction
In the 20th century, probably under the influence of the industrial revolution, artists used manufactured objects as subjects of art. These objects were extracted from the artificial environment and converted into art. An example of this is Marcel Duchamp’s piece known as the ReadyMades (1915). More recently, Rachel Whiteread made use of this trend in some of her last works of art. Over time, her works have been the subject of inquiry. Her earlier works underlined an interest in absence and shadow of things. She made sculptures by creating casts of the space around objects. In recent works, ...
