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)
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)
1983–present
49 Works to view
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1941 - 1961: Spontaneous painting directly from the subject - portraits, plein air landscapes, plant & flower studies. Techniques: oil on composition board; watercolour ... read more
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Wall Mask, 1985
hoop pine
20 x 10 x 10 cm
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Eternal Pursuit, 1985
salvaged Huon pine
21 x 9 x 8 cm
Private collection, Australia
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Blowflies: Soundboard Rose in Harpsichord, 1983
beech
10 cm dia.
(detail of painting on soundboard)
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Horse's Head, for Grandpa, 1951
relief carving in maple
12 x 12 x 2.5 cm
(childhood work)
SCULPTURES :
1941 - 1961
49 Works
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SCULPTURES :
1941 - 1961
49 Works
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