Fredrick White Infin-eight 13 July - 4 August 2024
Infin-eight
This is the third solo show I have created about the circle. The first was Sheild in 1993 and then Truths Of Masculinity in 1996/98.
Made over a 12-year period I chose these eight works for this exhibition as the sign/symbol of infinity and while none of the works in Infin-eight actually resemble the shape of the circle it is the closed loop forms from which philosophies about connectedness and the cyclical nature of existence can be viewed.
I have been using pipe in my work for 38 years and right from the beginning I saw it as the conduit that represents the hidden flow of water in the Earth, the built world and in our bodies, invisible flow not seen but understood representing to me our connection to each other, the natural world and ultimately becoming a long meditation into mortality and the transformation of matter and energy into other forms.
The physical stuff of pipe has inspired me too, as all metals on the planet were formed in the heart of a sun going supernova. The full-size versions of Abundance and Transference were made in Aluminium the second most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, cast iron, steel, stainless steel are to me incredibly beautiful materials and a sign of this universe(al) connection
The drawing in space of these 8 works can be viewed in many ways but it is ultimately up to the viewer to decide.
For me their meaning is never fixed and over time it has manifested as purely abstract or an essay on life’s interactions, paths that cross over and those that don’t, chance meetings and partings, synaptic pathways to precious memories, or massive tectonic and elemental forces, pipes of molten metal and rock flowing through the Earth, a solar flare or a Nebula.
Making art is a privilege, an honour and an emotional rollercoaster all at the same time, but what a ride.
Fredrick White
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310 x 96 x 130cm
Recycled Industrial Offcuts, Epoxy Paint
$25,000
1. Night Dance 2017
180
$15,000
2. Constellation 2024
x 90 x 48cm
Steel, Paint
232 x 93 x 84cm
316 Stainless Steel
$20,000
3. Chasm 2024
306 x 120 x 67CM
316 Stainless Steel, Steel Base (optional)
$25,000
4. Osiris 2021
5. Abundance 2013
Marquette Edition begun 2024
188 x 25 x 25cm me
316 Stainless Steel, Steel, Paint
Signed 1/7
$10,000
178 x 105 x 90cm
Recycled Industrial Offcuts, Steel Base
$15,000
6. Personification 2023
Marquette Edition 7
31 x 84 x 22cm
316 Stainless Steel
Original Marquette A/P on show
$7,000
7. Transference 2014
Recycled Industrial Offcuts, Epoxy Paint
$20,000
8. Waterbourne 2023
210 x 115 x 55cm
Fredrick White C.V.
Born 1968 Melbourne
Education
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Fine Art RMIT University Melbourne
1986-88 Bachelor of Arts Fine Art (Sculpture) Victoria College Prahran
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Infin-eight, & Gallery Australia Sorrento, Victoria
2017 Spirit/Matter Solo Exhibition & Gallery Melbourne
2002 Outfall Yarra Sculpture Gallery Abbotsford Melbourne
2001 Inner Yarra Sculpture Gallery Abbotsford Melbourne
1997-98
Truths of Masculinity, Stop22 St Kilda Melbourne
Truths of Masculinity First Draft, Sydney
1993 Shield Ether Ohnetitel Fitzroy Melbourne
Selected Grants, Awards, Commissions
2019 The Den Berwick Soccer Club entry Statement Berwick Vic
2013 Montalto Sculpture Prize Recipient Red Hill Vic
2010 Lifespan Blackall Western Queensland
2010 Drawing Water Thargominda Western Queensland
2007 From Life To Life Bridgetown Entry Statement Bridgetown W.A
2004 Commission for John Fitzgibbon Dawn
2003 Contemporary Sculptors Association Gallery Award
2001 Fundere Gallery Prize CSA Abootsford Vic
1989 CIG Award for Emerging Artists (Victoria College)
Collections
Graeme Smorgon, Montalto Winery, Bridgetown Council Western Australia, Thargominda Council Western Queensland, Blackall Council Western Queensland, Berwick Council Hanging Rock Winery and private collections.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Big Sculpture Veg Out Garden St Kilda
Gippsland Sculpture Prize Yinnar Vic
Sculptures At Scratchly Fort Scratchly Newcastle NSW
Art In The Vines Hanging Rock Vic
Yarra Valley Arts Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards Vic
2022 @Gallery Federation Square
Yering Station Sculpture Award Yarra Glenn Vic
Art In The Vines Hanging Rock Winery Vic
Big Sculpture (small sculpture) One Star Gallery North Melbourne Vic
2021 Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize Red Hill Vic
Art In The Vines Hanging Rock Winery Vic
Toorak Village Sculpture Prize Toorak Vic
2020 & Gallery Opening Exhibition Sorrento Vic
2016 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition Toorak Vic
2015 Qdos Gallery Easter Sculpture Exhibition Lorne Vic
2014 Lorne Sculpture Prize Lorne Vic
2013 Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize Recipient of this award for Abundance Red Hill Vic
2011 Lorne Sculpture Prize Lorne Vic
Grass Mud Flood 2day ephemeral sculpture exhibition Blackall Qld Bush Spirits
Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize Red Hill Vic
2010 Sculpture At Banks Rd Winery Queenscliff Vic
2009 Aqueous Bloom Gasworks Arts South Melbourne Vic
2007 Balingup Bronze Gallery Balingup W.A
2006 Qdos Easter Open Air Sculpture Exhibition Lorne Vic
Sculpture By The Sea Bondi NSW
2005 Sculpture By The Sea Bondi NSW
2004 Qdos Easter Open Air Sculpture Exhibition Lorne, Vic
The UFO Show Yarra Sculpture Gallery Abbotsford Vic2003
Sculpture By The Sea Bondi NSW
2002
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Werribee Park Werribee Vic
2001 Fundere Sculpture Prize Yarra Sculpture Gallery Abbotsford Melbourne 2000
Becton National Outdoor Sculpture Show
Gasworks Arts Park South Melbourne Vic
Andor Meszaros Sculpture Prize Telstra Building Melbourne Vic
1999 Bonanza Yarra Sculpture Gallery Abbotsford Vic
Stop 22’s Greatest Hits Stop 22 St Kilda Vic
1996 House Of Windsor Easter Show Qdos Gallery Lorne Vic
1994 Galvanise Chapel off Chapel Prahran Vic
1991 Frog On A Parrots Back Fringe Festival Fitzroy Vic
Sculpture at Fitzroy Pool Fitzroy Vic
1990 Sculpture At Riverside Quay Melbourne Vic
Fourth Australian Sculpture Triennial Melbourne
New World Sculpture Studio Show Banana Alley Vaults Melbourne Vic Publications
Media
27/11/19 Starweekly ‘Sculpture Of Life’ Esther Lauaki
25/03/13 Weekly Review ‘Jo Darvey Examines An Abundance Of Art’ Jo Darvey
12/03/13 Leader ‘Whites Sculpture Wins’ Sarah Anderson
20/02/13
Blouin Art Info ‘Fredrick Whites’ Wins 2013 Montalto Sculpture Prize’ Nicholas Forest
19/02/13 Art Collector ‘White Wins Montalto Sculpture Prize’
07/08/10
Western Times editorial on The Conduit Project
29/07/10 Art Blart art blog by Marcus Bunyan ‘Lifespan’ review
24/07/10 Art Blart art blog by Marcus Bunyan ‘Drawing Water’, (review)
14/07/10
ABC Radio National mornings with Tom Harwood, (Interview)
25/06/10 The Barcoo Independent ‘Art For Water’
12/12/07
11/12/07
20/06/07
Manjimup-Bridgetown Times Sue Berghuis-Garde ‘Sculpture Celebrates Connection With Earth’
Donnybrook-Bridgetown Mail ‘Bridgetown’s Newest ArtworkUnveiled’
Manjimup-Bridgetown Times Sue Berghuis-Garde ‘Public Art Gets First Viewing’ Autumn 2001
World Sculpture News Roger Taylor Meditations On Mortality (Artist Profile)
30/01/2002 The Emerald Hill Times ‘Showing Their Artistic Metal’ (Profile)
27/01/98 Melbourne Weekly Marcella Bidinost Truths Of Masculinity
Jan 1998 Outrage Magazine ‘Identity and Metaphysics’
15/02/97 The Weekend Australian Giles Auty ‘Who’s Queer Now’
March 1990 Outrage Magazine ‘15 Minutes Of Fame’ (Profile)