Printing edition, 2010

"My passion for lithography was ignited when I was a student at the South Australian School of Art" ~ Susan Dorothea White

Prints:

Susan White produces her own prints, by hand, in her studio. A complete list of the artist's editioned prints (about 100) is in The Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints and Prices (2006).

Since 1980, White's prints have represented Australia in over 50 international biennales and exhibitions in Japan, Korea, UK, USA, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Poland, etc.

The National Gallery of Australia collection has many of the artist's prints, from 1960 onwards. The lithograph Thieves at the Market, produced while a student, dates from this time.

The freedom and versatility of lithography appeals to the artist. In 1975, she began establishing lithographic facilities in her studio, initially producing prints from metal plates passed through a small wooden wringer on a bed of plywood - Pedestrian Crossing (1977) is an example of this grainier technique.

In 1978, she acquired a professional lithographic printing press, and produced lithographs with up to 15 colours, most requiring separate plates. The Front Veranda (1986) is an example. Later, the artist installed a C19 cast-iron press and equipment for stone lithography. White prints woodcuts and blockprints carved from fibreboard. The artist has produced some etchings, the earliest dating from 1960.

blockprint/woodcut
20 Works to view
20 Works to view

  • Not a Rothko (hand-stippled) 2010, 2015
    (She Sees Series)
    woodblock, brush and watercolour
    15.2 x 9.5 cm (image), 29 x 21 cm (sheet)
    E-2010-6
  • Not a Rothko 2010
    (She Sees Series)
    woodblock
    15 x 9 cm (image), 21 x 14.8 cm (sheet)
    E-2010-5
  • She Sees His New Clothes (hand-coloured) 2010
    woodcut (hand-coloured)
    21 x 30 cm
    E-2010-4
  • She Sees His New Clothes 2010
    (She Sees Series)
    woodcut
    15 x 20 cm (image), 21 x 29 cm (sheet)
    E-2010-3
  • Goose Camp Kakadu: Moonrise at Sunset (hand-coloured) 2010
    woodcut (hand-coloured in watercolour)
    42 x 64 cm (image), 60.5 x 80.5 cm (sheet)
    E-2010-2
  • Goose Camp Kakadu: Moonrise at Sunset 2010
    woodcut
    42 x 64 cm (image), 60.5 x 80.5 cm (sheet)
    E-2010-1
  • Germination / Sheela seedpod 1997
    woodcut
    50 x 39.5 cm (image), 80.5 x 52 cm (sheet)
    E-1997-1
  • Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU) 1996
    aka Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit, Rozelle Hospital, Callan Park
    woodcut
    49.5 x 39 cm (image), 80.5 x 50.5 cm (sheet)
    E-1996-1
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times 1993
    (blockprint)
    blockprint (medium-density fibreboard)
    60 x 61 cm (image), 70 x 66 cm (sheet)
    E-1993-1
  • Blind (The Blind Woman of Annandale) 1992
    woodcut
    42 x 63.5 cm (image), 57 x 76 cm, 60.5 x 80 cm (sheet)
    E-1992-1
  • Cry Freedom 1990
    aka Cry Freedom / Apartheid (blockprint)
    blockprint
    45.8 x 30.4 cm (image), 57 x 38.2 cm (sheet)
    E-1990-3
  • Man Creating the Hole in the Ozone Layer 1990
    woodcut (hand-coloured)
    28 x 37 cm
    E-1990-2
  • Massacre, Tiananmen Square (hand-coloured) 1989
    unique blockprint (hand-coloured, medium-density fibreboard)
    57 x 38 cm
    E-1989-3
  • Massacre 1989
    aka Massacre No. 1 / Massacre, Tiananmen Square
    blockprint
    45.5 x 30.5 cm (image), 57 x 38 cm (sheet)
    E-1989-2
  • Claustrophobia 1987
    (set in concrete)
    cast cement relief print
    27 x 20 cm (image), 38 x 25 cm (sheet)
    E-1987-1
  • Thelma of Wilcannia 1983
    (woodcut)
    aka The Willy-Willy Woman
    woodcut
    42 x 67 cm (image), 61.5 x 79 cm (sheet, laid Japanese paper) or 74 x 95 cm (sheet, Arches Blanc)
    E-1983-6
  • Ghost Gums 1975
    aka Ghost Gums at Maitland
    woodblock
    62 x 43.5 cm (image), 76 x 56 cm (sheet)
    E-1975-13
  • Slingshot 1975
    woodblock
    39.5 x 25 cm (image), 61 x 48 cm (var.) (sheet)
    E-1975-12
  • Sydney: Construction City (1st state) 1972
    linocut
    24 x 21.5 cm (image), 38 x 38 cm (sheet)
    E-1972-4
  • Sydney: Construction City 1972
    2nd and final state
    unique linocut
    24 x 21.5 cm (image), 38 x 38 cm (sheet)
    E-1972-4

Prints : blockprint/woodcut 20 Works
Prints : blockprint/woodcut 20 Works


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