Susan Dorothea White b. 1941

Also known as Susan D White, Susan White, Sue White
  • Artist (Carver),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
Although she was born in Adelaide, Susan Dorothea White was influenced by her childhood in Broken Hill in far western NSW. After initially studying at the South Australian School of Art, she studied at the Julian Ashton art school under Henry Gibbons. She has exhibited widely throughout Australia as well as New York, Germany and Amsterdam.
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Sculpture with scissors at both ends, black and white hands clasping each other
Courtesy of: Susan Dorothea White
creator of
It cuts both ways
Date
Medium
carved salvaged Huon pine, fabric, shears, paint
Tags
assemblage, equality, Mixed media, hands, garden shears, Fabric

120 × 46 × 10 cm
“Referring to the balance between gender and races, the bold sculpture suggests that any potential movement of either pair of hands would activate both pairs equally.”
-Sarah Tanguy, curator, Tools as Art The Hechinger Collection (2002)

Note: purchased by Hechinger Collection - International Arts and Artists, USA; exhibited National Building Museum Washington 1999-2004
 
A version of The Last Supper where women from many different cultures admire an Aboriginal woman Christ
Courtesy of: Susan Dorothea White
creator of
The First Supper
Date
Medium
acrylic on panel
Tags
Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci, multiculturalism, Feminism, Uluru, Fibonacci, Blake Prize

Exhibited Blake Prize 1988–89
Based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper but women from different cultures replace the men.The fruit and vegetables are positioned on the table to correspond to the women, and the figure of Judas has a can of Coca Cola and a hamburger. Uluru, sacred to the Anangu people of Central Australia, can be seen through the left window.

Note: Exhibited 1988 Blake Prize + later toured the Netherlands and Germany
 
old people in a nursing home, eating, drinking tea
Courtesy of: Susan Dorothea White
creator of
The cup of tea
Date
Medium
Acrylic on panel
Tags
genre, Sulman Prize exhibition, narrative, figurative

Exhibited Sulman Prize finalists 1976
Inspired by fugal patterns in music, the artist developed a style of composition where the subjects are repeated from different viewpoints.

Note: Exhibited 1976 Sulman Prize
 
hilly landscape with rocks and clouds
Courtesy of: Susan Dorothea White
creator of
Sunlight on quartz rocks, approaching storm
Date
Medium
oil on composition board
Tags
Landscape, outback, plein air

56 × 115 cm
Exhibited in ‘Painters and Sculptors of Promise’ The Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, Adelaide, 1959.

Note: Exhibited Painters and Sculptors of Promise
 

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