The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times, 1993, blockprint by Australian artist Susan Dorothea White. Collection: National Gallery of Australia
Susan Dorothea White
The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times, 1993
fibreboard blockprint, 70 x 66 cm

Collection: National Gallery of Australia

White's prints carry important sociological messages as exemplified by The Seven Deadly Sins, somber and serious, done entirely in black and white in a zodiac-like format. The center circle, The Eye of Gaia Sees All, is the core of the message. The seven deadly sins are illustrated in sections around the outside edge of the circle: they are self-effacement, workaholism, sycophancy, squandering, indifference, celibacy, and dieting. Her wry humor shows a bit here.

Dorothy Roatz Myers, Art Talk (New York) July 1994

(also see description of painting with same title)

Homepage: Susan Dorothea White - painter, sculptor, printmaker