Caile Whyte
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Artist Statement
555/Limbo/Oblivion OR “If We Pay Attention”
As a conceptual based artist my work is highly inspired by the emotional states human beings encounter. The consciousness and subconsciousness we obtain, is too complex to be sided, there are multitudes of it all. My work speaks to physical and metaphysical realms, oblivion and the uncertainty we deal with as people. There is a balance to everything in life, full of contradictions and confusion. There is grace and kindness too. Everywhere I’ve gone I’ve created a trail, and everywhere I will go the trail will continue. Allowing myself to look back at my life and reflect on how I’ve lived, loved, been broken down and healed. Grief has caused me to respond in unimaginable ways, thankfully that grief has transferred into compassion.
The materials in this body of work are based on my decision to accentuate these phenomenons. My metal sculptures are inspired by a past work titled “Finding Peace”, to emphasize my love for iterations as well as an effort to portray the metaphysical realm lingering around us.
My ceramic sculptures are inspired by an older piece, taking on the form and polishing it into a stronger structure. Exaggerating the weight of gravity, transferring the feeling of “being weighed down by the world.” The physical realm gives us much suffering but it also gives us the opportunity to heal and transcend into the metaphysical realm of love. Managed by a boundless infinity of serendipitous moments during our human existence.
![Mystic Thought is a steel structure welded together while suspended in the air by twine. Finding Peace is displayed the same way. The lighting hitting both is green and purple allowing colors to cast onto it. Ascendance is halfway shown with purple lighting hitting it.](_images/01_cailewhyte-660x466.jpg)
From left to right:
Mystic Thought // Steel // 4 x 1 ½ feet
Finding Peace // Steel // 3 x 2 feet
Ascendance // Stoneware, steel rod and white marble // 5 feet x 2 feet
![Ascendance has purple lighting hitting the form. These are ceramic forms staked on top of another by a steel rod. -Revival is a steel structure welded together suspended by twine. Also, with purple lighting casted on it.](_images/01_cailewhyte-660x466.jpg)
Ascendance // Stoneware, steel rod and white marble // 5 x 2 feet
Revival // Steel // 3 x 3 feet
![This piece is a steel structure welded together suspended in air by twine. The lighting on this piece is a magenta with an orange shadow.](_images/01_cailewhyte-660x466.jpg)
Finding Peace // Steel // 3 x 2 feet
![This image has green and purple lighting casted throughout the space. These colors are also casted onto the steel and ceramic structures.](_images/04_cailewhyte-660x495.jpg)
From left to right:
Mystic Thought // Steel // 4 x 1 ½ feet
Finding Peace // Steel // 3 x 2 feet
Ascendance // Stoneware, steel rod and white marble // 5 x 2 feet
Revival // Steel // 3 x 3 feet
![This shot is from below of Ascendance. These are black ceramic spheres staked on top of another. The white marble is purple from the lighting. While the black spheres have green and purple lighting on them.](_images/04_cailewhyte-660x495.jpg)
Ascendance // Stoneware, steel rod and marble // 5 x 2 feet
![This steel structure has a green wall behind it from the lighting. The form itself has green and purple lighting on the jagged triangle shapes.](_images/06_cailewhyte-660x440.jpg)
Mystic Thought // Steel // 4 x 1 ½ feet
![Sharpe triangle steel shapes have green and purple lighting on them.](_images/07_cailewhyte-660x440.jpg)
Detail shot of Mystic Thought // Steel // 4 x 1 ½ feet
![Purple and green lighting on the entire space and the artwork.](_images/08_cailewhyte-660x302.jpg)
Perspective Shot of The Cube with artwork in space
![A close up of sharp steel triangles on Revival. The lighting is green and blue.](_images/09_cailewhyte-660x426.jpg)
Revival // Steel // 3 x 3 feet
![Front view of black ceramic spheres with green and purple lighting. In the back is Finding Peace, a steel structure with jagged triangles.](_images/10_cailewhyte-660x408.jpg)
Ascendance // Stoneware, steel rod and marble // 5 x 2 feet
Finding Peace // Steel // 3 x 2 feet