Artist Information:
Susan Dorothea White
Sydney,
Australia
Member Since: Jun 2001
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Artist Statement:
My creativity is driven by
what I feel passionate about,
namely human rights issues, my
family, art, music, and the
environment. I also draw
inspiration from personal
experiences, as in my painting
"Me after Brain Surgery", and
collage/painting "Menopausal
Me in a Saucepan Lid, Warts 'n
All, with Everything Including
the Kitchen Sink".
I source ideas from language,
particularly idioms, as in the
bronze "Stretching the
Imagination". The mixed media
sculptures "It Cuts Both Ways"
and "Next-Door Neighbours" are
about equality and balance.
Narrative, fantasy, and wit
are integral elements in my
art - drawing is its
foundation and my sketchbook
is always at hand. Painting,
sculpture, printmaking, and
drawing are my basic mediums.
I challenge conventional
aesthetics with innovative
composition and novel
perspective. Fugal
compositions with repeated
subject are a common theme, as
in "The Absence of the
Prodigal Daughter" and "The
Blind Woman of Annandale".
I question accepted beliefs
and ideals by reversing them:
"The First Supper", after
Leonardo's Last Supper,
replaces the similarly
featured men with an
international group of women.
"The Seven Deadly Sins of
Modern Times" (painting,
print) reverses the
traditional sins: celibacy
replaces lust, workaholism
sloth, etc. The perspective is
based on ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Braidwood (forthcoming):
Fyre Gallery - Fifty Years of
Printmaking: 1960-2010
1998 New York (SoHo):
Montserrat (paintings,
sculptures, prints)
1991 Cologne: am Buttermarkt
(paintings, sculptures,
prints)
1990 Amsterdam: Art &
Architecture (paintings,
sculptures, prints)
1986 Sydney: Balmain
(paintings, sculptures,
prints, drawings)
1983 Sydney: Goethe Institute
(paintings, prints)
1982 Sydney: ...
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Artist Galleries:
Fyre Gallery
(http://www.hannahfyre.com.au/f
yregallery/fyregallery.html)
email:
cheryl.hannah@netspeed.com.au
Josef Lebovic Gallery
(http://www.joseflebovicgallery
.com/)
email:
josef@joseflebovicgallery.com
...
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Artist Reviews:
Qualité, beauté, originalité
Le symbole est son concept
dans la réalisation de son
œuvre, l'image de l'être se
traduit en un masque de bronze
s'étirant par des mains
libératrices de la vision sur
le monde ou une paire de
ciseaux se transpose en une
paire ...
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Collections:
The National Gallery of
Australia, Canberra
The Buhl Collection, New York,
USA
International Arts & Artists -
The Hechinger Collection,
Washington, DC, USA
Gallery of Modern Art,
Majdanek State Museum, Lublin,
Poland
Museum of International
Contemporary Graphic Art,
Fredrikstad, Norway
Mornington Peninsula Regional
Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Newcastle Region Gallery, NSW,
Australia
Westmead ...
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Commissions:
Cassell London,UK, to write
and illustrate 'Draw Like Da
Vinci'
The Buhl Collection, New York,
USA...
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Susan Dorothea White's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Susan Dorothea White's Portfolio.
My creativity is driven by what I feel passionate about, namely human rights issues, my family, art, music, and the environment. I also draw inspiration from personal experiences, as in my painting "Me after Brain Surgery", and collage/painting "Menopausal Me in a Saucepan Lid, Warts 'n All, with Everything Including the Kitchen Sink".
I source ideas from language, particularly idioms, as in the bronze "Stretching the Imagination". The mixed media sculptures "It Cuts Both Ways" and "Next-Door Neighbours" are about equality and balance.
Narrative, fantasy, and wit are integral elements in my art - drawing is its foundation and my sketchbook is always at hand. Painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing are my basic mediums.
I challenge conventional aesthetics with innovative composition and novel perspective. Fugal compositions with repeated subject are a common theme, as in "The Absence of the Prodigal Daughter" and "The Blind Woman of Annandale".
I question accepted beliefs and ideals by reversing them: "The First Supper", after Leonardo's Last Supper, replaces the similarly featured men with an international group of women. "The Seven Deadly Sins of Modern Times" (painting, print) reverses the traditional sins: celibacy replaces lust, workaholism sloth, etc. The perspective is based on ... |
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