To Cut Both Ways
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© Susan Dorothea White
To Cut Both Ways 1983lithograph
10 x 10 cm (image), 18 x 18 cm (sheet)
edition of 30, plus Trial, 4 AP (white) and 4 AP (grey) (39 impressions)
National Gallery of Australia collection. Gift of the artist, 1987 (Artist's proof, III/IV) (Accession No. 87.645)
The Van der Vossen-Delbrück Collection, Amsterdam
Artist's Statement:
It Cuts Both Ways is the culmination of artworks in various mediums on the idiom of cutting both ways: a lithograph, watercolour, acrylic painting, and chromed bronze, all titled To Cut Both Ways. The idiom is expressed through hands attached to shears, to show that the actions of one have an equal effect on the actions of another. Any potential movement of one pair of hands would activate the blades equally, regardless of size, race, and sex.