Christopher David White is a sculptor, but could also be called an illusionist that is capable of confusing the gaze of the viewer who stares at his ceramic works. At a first glance, one can perfectly allow oneself to be carried away by his mind to concur that he is in front of some carved wooden sculptures, but it is not like that.
If we approach his sculptures, instead of wood we will realize that they are made of ceramic, the only thing that David White has been able to be so meticulous in his craftsmanship and skill, that he perfectly fools the viewer who passes in the middle distance of his sculptures.
Born in Bedford, Indiana, east american artist living in Virginia, he mainly erects clay sculptures with his own hands. With the main theme found in his work, which is the deterioration of objects, White creates several pieces that show how wood is crumbling, as well as applying the same meaning to metal and other objects in the process of decomposition.
Your goal is to explore the relationship between humans and nature. The constant change is a reminder for what would be an illusion that lasts over time. It is precisely in the creation of hyper-realistic sculpture where he explores the relationship between nature, man and the phenomenon of impermanence.
A work of details in the sculptures and that shows the imperfection of objects and how time erodes them without delay. You have on the web to know the rest of his works in sculpture and how he has an innate predilection for the dark and the deep, since some of the sculptures that we share in images can become a bit penetrating, especially in those hands and expressions at all pleasing to the eye.
If you have the desire at the end of know size in wood, this artist.