carving Chillagoe limestone
SCULPTURES: Stone
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)
MEDIA:Stone
1983–present
Stone
16 Works to view
16 Works to view
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Centenarian Sunset, Mum at 102, 2022 (2014)
Angaston marble, vintage cotton reel, needle and thread
53.5 x 57.5 x 59 cm
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In the Grip of Caffeine, 2019
Gosford sandstone, porcelain platter, coffee beans
42 x 46 x 46 cm
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Dan Tien Gazing / Navel Gazing, 2010
Debden sandstone
100 x 55 x 61 cm
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Energy Spiral, 2009
Gosford sandstone
22 x 24.5 x 20.5 cm
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Rock Star, 2004
Gosford sandstone
24 x 21 x 9 cm
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Giant Slugs in Love, 1997
Gosford sandstone
36.5 x 28.5 x 16.5 cm
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Head in the Clouds, 1997
Bungonia limestone
45 x 33.5 x 58 cm
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Why Not Lot?, 1994
Mooney Mooney sandstone
99 x 42 x 46.5 cm
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Young Amazon in Training, 1994
Gosford sandstone
31 x 45 x 29 cm
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Beauty and the Beast, 1993
Mooney Mooney sandstone
74 x 69 x 59 cm
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Show of Hands / Gestures, 1992
Gosford sandstone
29 x 29 x 25.5 cm
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Girl Skipping, 1991
Gosford sandstone
64 x 46 x 40 cm
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Slugs in Love / Hug, 1990
sandstone
18 x 14 x 13 cm
Private collection, Germany
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Woman Oppressed, 1989
Gosford sandstone
44 x 30 x 35 cm
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Interstices, 1988
Gosford sandstone
36 x 27 x 24 cm
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Yin and Yang, 1988
Gosford sandstone
25 x 25 x 21 cm
SCULPTURES :
Stone
16 Works
SCULPTURES :
Stone
16 Works