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| | Guardian | Whiteread cast to star in Tate Modern's big space |
 | | The second British artist, and second woman, to be offered the chance to grapple with the vast space of the former power station's Turbine Hall, she said: "The space is like no other - gargantuan and enveloping. |
 | | Whiteread's signature idea is to create casts of the space in or around objects, often on a monumental scale. |
 | | Sheena Wagstaff, the head of exhibitions and displays at Tate Modern, said: "There are very few artists in the world who are capable of dealing with the challenge of the sheer volume of the Turbine Hall, and who can come up with a creative response that follows the trajectory of the very successful previous commissions." |
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