Emma White Study 2009 installation view

Emma White Copy 2009 polymer clay 6.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm

Study (copy) 2009 c-type photograph 40 x 40 cm

Emma White Study (white rectangle) 2009 c-type photograph 40 x 50 cm Study (grey rectangle) 2009 c-type photograph 40 x 50 cm

Emma White Study (pin) 2009 c-type photograph 76 x 91 cm Study (tape) 2009 c-type photograph 76 x 91 cm

Emma White Study for a pin 2009 polymer clay 21 x 16 x 2.5 cm

Emma White Pin and construction of a marquette for a pin (detail) 2009 polymer clay, c-type photographs dimensions variable

Emma White Pin and construction of a marquette for a pin (detail) 2009 polymer clay, c-type photographs dimensions variable

Emma White Scale exercise (1:1 and 1:10) 2009 polymer clay dimensions variable

Emma White Blu-tack 2009 polymer clay 12 x 2 x 4 cm approx

Emma White Study (clip) 2009 c-type photograph 76 x 91 cm

Emma White meticulously hand-models everyday objects (most commonly office stationery) from shop-bought polymer clays and incorporates them into installations and photography. By mimetic reconstructions of these tools of our working life, White studies the capacity of a hand-made object to become a version of the thing it represents.

In Study, her solo show at BREENSPACE, White uses scale and perspective to examine the accoutrements of a culture that emphasises consumption and productivity (paper clips, pins, paper and staples) and the subtle actions that accompany it such as notating, arranging, attaching and organising.

Emma White has a Master of Visual Art and Bachelor of Visual Art (Class 1 + University Medal), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, won several grants, awards, traveling art scholarships and overseas exchanges and exhibited in solo and group shows locally and internationally.