carving Chillagoe limestone
SCULPTURES: Bronze
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:Bronze
1983–present
Bronze
19 Works to view
19 Works to view
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Stretching the Imagination (large outdoor version), 2016
bronze
179 x 57 x 55 cm
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Athletic Spirit, 2008
bronze on marble base
31.5 x 30 x 14.5 cm
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Stretching the Imagination (version with life-size hands), 2005
bronze
20 x 20 x 64 cm
The Buhl Collection, New York
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GM Bean (green patina), 2005
bronze
7 x 7 x 8 cm
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Little Goddess Gaia, 2002
bronze
21 x 19 x 18 cm
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Cheeky Imy, 2001
bronze on hardwood base
27 x 30 x 29 cm (bronze)
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Coming Out of One's Shell, 1999
bronze
17 x 14 x 13 cm
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Soprano Singing in a Bach Passion, 1998
bronze on marble base
60 x 19.5 x 15.5 cm
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The Dance of Eternity / Torso-less Performing a Möbius Strip, 1998
bronze on marble base
38 x 23.5 x 14.5 cm
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Germination / Sheela Seed-Pod (bronze), 1997
bronze
21 x 15 x 13 cm
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To Cut Both Ways (sculpture), 1996
chrome-plated bronze and scissors
6 x 37 x 15 cm
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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
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The Spirit of the Willy-Willy Wind, 1995
bronze on marble base
67.5 x 20.5 x 36 cm
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Stretching the Imagination (small version), 1994
bronze
7 x 21 x 7 cm
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Atlass (bronze), 1992
bronze
32 x 15 x 15 cm
Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia; Private collection, Australia
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The Shy Egg, 1990
bronze
12 x 8 x 8 cm
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Close-Knit Family, 1990
bronze
17 x 23 x 17 cm
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Shunga II, 1988
bronze
10 x 24 x 10 cm
Private collections, Germany, USA
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Shunga I, 1988
bronze
11 x 17 x 11 cm
SCULPTURES :
Bronze
19 Works
SCULPTURES :
Bronze
19 Works