Susan D. White carving Chillagoe limestone, 1997

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)

wood
12 Works to view
12 Works to view

  • On Fire 2022
    aka Flickering Flames
    assemblage: carved Australian red cedar, charcoal, matches, concrete base
    44 x 46 x 46 cm
    S-2022-2
  • The Shy Egg 1990
    (carving)
    carved Huon pine
    14 x 8 x 8 cm
    S-1990-4
  • Woodworm, no. 2 1989
    carved red siris
    12 x 33 x 12 cm
    S-1989-3
  • Claustrophobia 1987
    carved New Guinea mahogany
    26.7 x 20.3 x 2.4 cm
    S-1987-4
  • Woodworm, no. 1 1987
    (designated 'no. 1' after carving second version)
    carved red siris
    13 x 26 x 10 cm
    S-1987-1
  • Man in the Moon: Awake and Asleep 1986
    carved brush-box, black and white conté, mounted on steel pin with base
    55 x 59 x 10 cm (inc. base)
    S-1986-2
  • Companion for Brancusi's 'Young Man' 1986
    carved Queensland maple
    20 x 45 x 10 cm
    S-1986-1
  • Pulling a Face (Mask) 1985
    carved New Guinea mahogany
    28 x 20 x 10 cm
    S-1985-3
  • Wall Mask 1985
    aka Mask: Head of Youth
    carved hoop pine
    20 x 10 x 10 cm
    S-1985-2
  • Eternal Pursuit 1985
    carved salvaged Huon pine
    21 x 9 x 8 cm
    S-1985-1
  • Blowflies and Maggots 1983
    (Soundboard Rose in Harpsichord)
    carved beech
    10 cm (dia.) x 0.6 cm
    S-1983-1
  • Horse's Head, for Grandpa 1951
    (childhood work)
    carved maple
    12 x 12 x 2.5 cm
    S-1951-1

Sculptures : wood 12 Works
Sculptures : wood 12 Works


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