Art Talk, Dorothy Roatz Myers (New York)
SCULPTURE
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Susan working on sandstone sculpture Navel Gazing in 2005 |
"Susan Dorothea White's use of unusual materials such as endangered and recycled woods native to Australia contributes significantly to the effectiveness of her work..."
"... in White's bronze maquettes for monumental fountains, natural phenomena are imaginatively transformed through the artist's fluid handling of shapes in space."
Extracts from Gallery & Studio, New York (1998)
"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..."
Hechinger Collection, Washington DC (2002)
