David Furman's new work in ceramic sculpture continues the dynamic interpretation of human interpersonal relationships. Utilizing the effigy figures of the impersonal wooden mannequins used in drawing and sculpture studies, Furman breathes life into these figures, injecting a remarkable level of empathy and emotion into these magnetic situational narratives. Now full of emotional content, these figures take on life, and in their surroundings reveal stories at once personal and universal, reminding us that human relationships are at the center of a life realized.

Half of Furman's work in this exhibition explores erotic aspects of Chinese culture and art. He spent several months working at the Experimental Sculpture Factory in Jingdezhen, China, where he crafted his images of couches and chairs from high fire Chinese porcelain. They were glazed and decorated with 14th and 15th century Chinese floral designs. Back in America, he created porcelain figures in embrace covered with a traditional Chinese blue-green Celedon glaze. They carry on the tradition of actualizing those ephemeral moments of sensuality, eroticism and love in a tradition that transcends his Chinese Sung and Ming Dynasty influences.