carving Chillagoe limestone

SCULPTURES

The contemporary artist Susan White produces sculptures in bronze, stone, wood, and mixed media assemblage. Her skills in carving, combined with a profound knowledge of the human figure, give her sculpture a depth of expression.

Susan White's subject matter is drawn from many sources, including human rights, the status of women, literature, music, and natural forms. She transforms idioms into three dimensions. Her mixed media sculptures are assemblages of everyday objects and fabrics centered around hands carved in wood. Humor and imagination make her figurative sculptures distinctive.

"Referring to the balance between gender and races, the bold sculpture It Cuts Both Ways suggests that 'any potential movement of either pair of hands would activate both pairs equally'. To realize the piece, she replaced the handles of garden shears with hands carved from salvaged huon pine (which can take up to 3,000 years to grow!) and modified found clothing for the sleeves..."

Sarah Tanguy, Curator, Hechinger Collection, Washington DC (2002)

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Limpet Losing its Footing, 2024

sandstone, pebbles, cast base
27 x 38 x 38 cm
Centenarian Sunset, Mum at 102, 2022 (2014)

Angaston marble, vintage cotton reel, needle and thread
53.5 x 57.5 x 59 cm
In the Grip of Caffeine, 2019

Gosford sandstone, porcelain platter, coffee beans
42 x 46 x 46 cm
Stretching the Imagination (large outdoor version), 2016

bronze
179 x 57 x 55 cm
Dan Tien Gazing / Navel Gazing, 2010

Debden sandstone
100 x 55 x 61 cm
Energy Spiral, 2009

Gosford sandstone
22 x 24.5 x 20.5 cm
Athletic Spirit, 2008

bronze on marble base
31.5 x 30 x 14.5 cm
Stretching the Imagination (version with life-size hands), 2005

bronze
20 x 20 x 64 cm
The Buhl Collection, New York
GM Bean (green patina), 2005

bronze
7 x 7 x 8 cm
Rock Star, 2004

Gosford sandstone
24 x 21 x 9 cm
Measure for Measure, 2003

carved salvaged Huon pine, vintage calipers, fabric, string, plumb-bob
180 x 61 x 56 cm
Lost for Words, 2003

carved salvaged Huon pine, paint, fabric, The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, A Gumbaynggir Language Dictionary, map of Aboriginal Languages of Australia.
94 x 85 x 38 cm
Little Goddess Gaia, 2002

bronze
21 x 19 x 18 cm
Cheeky Imy, 2001

bronze on hardwood base
27 x 30 x 29 cm (bronze)
Reinventing the Wheel, 2001

carved salvaged Huon pine, dividers, fabric, vintage car wheel, drafting paper, doorbell
76 x 110 x 82 cm
Next-Door Neighbours, 2000

carved salvaged Huon pine, cedar door, hardwood door, sleeves, walking stick, bag, doormat, bullet casings
202 x 103 x 98 cm
Coming Out of One's Shell, 1999

bronze
17 x 14 x 13 cm
Soprano Singing in a Bach Passion, 1998

bronze on marble base
60 x 19.5 x 15.5 cm
The Dance of Eternity / Torso-less Performing a Möbius Strip, 1998

bronze on marble base
38 x 23.5 x 14.5 cm
It Cuts Both Ways, 1998

carved salvaged Huon pine, fabric, shears, paint
120 x 46 x 10 cm
Hechinger Collection - International Arts & Artists, USA
Germination / Sheela Seed-Pod (bronze), 1997

bronze
21 x 15 x 13 cm
Giant Slugs in Love, 1997

Gosford sandstone
36.5 x 28.5 x 16.5 cm
Head in the Clouds, 1997

Bungonia limestone
45 x 33.5 x 58 cm
To Cut Both Ways (sculpture), 1996

chrome-plated bronze and scissors
6 x 37 x 15 cm
Dante's Angel at the Gates of Purgatory, with Hinged Wings and Keys, 1996

bronze, strap hinge, gold- and chrome-plated keys
32.5 x 29.5 x 15 cm
The Spirit of the Willy-Willy Wind, 1995

bronze on marble base
67.5 x 20.5 x 36 cm
Stretching the Imagination (small version), 1994

bronze
7 x 21 x 7 cm
Why Not Lot?, 1994

Mooney Mooney sandstone
99 x 42 x 46.5 cm
Young Amazon in Training, 1994

Gosford sandstone
31 x 45 x 29 cm
Beauty and the Beast, 1993

Mooney Mooney sandstone
74 x 69 x 59 cm
Atlass, 1992

bronze
32 x 15 x 15 cm
Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia; Private collection, Australia
Show of Hands / Gestures, 1992

Gosford sandstone
29 x 29 x 25.5 cm
Girl Skipping, 1991

Gosford sandstone
64 x 46 x 40 cm
Slugs in Love / Hug, 1990

sandstone
18 x 14 x 13 cm
Private collection, Germany
The Shy Egg, 1990

bronze
12 x 8 x 8 cm
Close-Knit Family, 1990

bronze
17 x 23 x 17 cm
Woodworm, no. 2, 1989

red sirus
12 x 33 x 12 cm
Woman Oppressed, 1989

Gosford sandstone
44 x 30 x 35 cm
Interstices, 1988

Gosford sandstone
36 x 27 x 24 cm
Shunga II, 1988

bronze
10 x 24 x 10 cm
Private collections, Germany, USA
Shunga I, 1988

bronze
11 x 17 x 11 cm
Yin and Yang / Symbiosis, 1988

Gosford sandstone
25 x 25 x 21 cm
The Long Arm of the Law, 1988

carved wood, fabric and mixed media
250 x 200 x 50 cm
Woodworm, no. 1, 1987

red sirus
13 x 26 x 10 cm
Man in the Moon: Awake and Asleep, 1986

brush-box, black and white conté, mounted on steel pin with base
55 x 59 x 10 cm (inc. base)
(front view 'awake', back view 'asleep')
Companion for Brancusi's 'Young Man', 1986

Queensland maple
20 x 45 x 10 cm
Wall Mask, 1985

hoop pine
20 x 10 x 10 cm
Eternal Pursuit, 1985

salvaged Huon pine
21 x 9 x 8 cm
Private collection, Australia
Blowflies: Soundboard Rose in Harpsichord, 1983

beech
10 cm dia.
(detail of painting on soundboard)
Horse's Head, for Grandpa, 1951

relief carving in maple
12 x 12 x 2.5 cm
(childhood work)

SCULPTURES : 50 Works

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