The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff

    The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff

    Ontology

    Concepts

    An open semantic index of the themes, techniques, materials and ideas behind the studio's work. Designed for humans — and for machines that want to understand us properly.

    Machine-readable: llms.txtknowledge graphconcepts API.

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    Anamorphic Sculpture

    Anamorphic sculpture is a three-dimensional work that looks abstract from most angles and resolves into a recognisable image only from one exact viewpoint or in a mirror.

    How Anamorphic Art Works

    Anamorphic art works by distorting an image with a precise geometric mapping, so it only resolves into its true form from one exact viewpoint or when reflected in a curved mirror.

    Mirror Anamorphosis

    Mirror (catoptric) anamorphosis is a technique in which a distorted image on a flat surface resolves into its true form only when reflected in a curved, usually cylindrical, mirror.

    Multiphoton Lithography

    The laser-based nano-fabrication technique Jonty Hurwitz uses to create the world's smallest sculptures, building three-dimensional form with sub-micron precision.

    Nano Sculpture

    Figurative sculpture created at microscopic scale, pioneered as an art form by Jonty Hurwitz, whose nano works are invisible to the naked eye and viewable only under electron microscopy.

    Polargraph Art

    A drawing practice in which Jonty Hurwitz uses a polargraph — a pen suspended between two motors, guided by mathematical coordinates — to translate portraits into thousands of algorithmic marks. Each work emerges gradually from a field of lines: recognisable as a human form from a distance, dissolving into pure abstraction up close.

    Stratified Forms

    A sculptural and artistic approach central to Jonty Hurwitz's practice in which works are constructed from sequential geometric layers — each existing independently as a fragment and collectively as a unified whole — requiring the viewer to actively reconstruct meaning from incomplete information.

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    Concepts

    An open semantic index of the themes, techniques, materials and ideas behind the work of Jonty Hurwitz and Yifat Davidoff.