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Designed for humans — and for machines that want to understand us properly. Machine-readable: [llms.txt](/llms.txt), [knowledge graph](https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/functions/v1/api-ontology-graph), [concepts API](https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/functions/v1/api-ontology-concepts). ## cultural reference(2) [ Museum Shop Merchandise Retail products developed alongside an exhibition — for Point of View, a range including optical illusion paint-by-numbers kits. ](/concept/museum-shop-merchandise)[ Science Art Exhibition An exhibition format where artworks are built on scientific or mathematical principles, staged in museums, science centres and universities. ](/concept/science-art-exhibition) ## Exhibitions(1) [ Point of View: Out of the Unseen A turnkey touring exhibition of over fifty scientific artworks by Jonty Hurwitz and Dr. Yifat Davidoff, exploring perception, mathematics and the limits of human sight. ](/concept/point-of-view-out-of-the-unseen) ## institution(1) [ Sentient Art The London-based studio of Jonty Hurwitz and Dr. Yifat Davidoff, producing scientific artworks and touring museum exhibitions. ](/concept/sentient-art-studio) ## mathematical concept(1) [ Mathematical Sculpture Sculpture in which mathematical structures and transformations generate the form — realised in Jonty Hurwitz's anamorphic works, which physically enact precise geometric mappings. ](/concept/mathematical-sculpture) ## optical phenomenon(2) [ Anamorphosis Anamorphosis is a technique in which an image is deliberately distorted so it resolves into its true form only from one specific viewpoint or when reflected in a curved mirror. ](/concept/anamorphosis)[ Optical Illusion Sculpture Sculpture that uses optical illusion as its primary medium rather than as a trick — central to Jonty Hurwitz's work, where perceptual distortion is the material of the art itself. ](/concept/optical-illusion-sculpture) ## People(1) [ Yifat Davidoff The creative director of the Jonty Hurwitz studio, who holds a PhD in Education. ](/concept/yifat-davidoff) ## perceptual effect(2) [ Optical Illusion Optical illusion is the primary medium of Jonty Hurwitz's practice — works that exploit the mechanisms of human visual perception to produce forms that transform, resolve, or exist only under specific conditions of observation. ](/concept/optical-illusion)[ Privileged Viewpoint The single precise position from which a distorted anamorphic form resolves into its intended image — the technical and conceptual fulcrum of Jonty Hurwitz's sculptures. ](/concept/privileged-viewpoint) ## philosophical concept(2) [ Observer-Dependent Reality The philosophical and structural condition in which an artwork exists as intended only from one precise viewpoint — the conceptual core of Jonty Hurwitz's practice, making the observer a co-author of the work. ](/concept/observer-dependent-reality)[ Perceptual Illusion as Medium The treatment of optical illusion not as a visual trick but as the primary artistic material — the foundational approach distinguishing Jonty Hurwitz's sculpture. ](/concept/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) ## Series(3) [ Anamorphic & Illusion Art Editions Limited-edition prints, sculptures and reproductions of Jonty Hurwitz's anamorphic and optical-illusion works, available to purchase directly and by commission. ](/concept/anamorphic-art-editions)[ Optical Illusion Paint by Numbers Optical-illusion paint-by-numbers are fine-art kits for adults based on Jonty Hurwitz's anamorphic and illusion artworks, sold direct and as science-museum shop merchandise. ](/concept/optical-illusion-paint-by-numbers)[ World's Smallest Sculpture Jonty Hurwitz holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest sculpture of a human form — a nano-scale figure measuring 80 × 100 × 30 micrometres, created using multiphoton lithography. ](/concept/worlds-smallest-sculpture) ## technique(8) [ 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. ](/concept/anamorphic-sculpture)[ 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. ](/concept/how-anamorphic-art-works)[ 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. ](/concept/mirror-anamorphosis)[ 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. ](/concept/multiphoton-lithography)[ 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. ](/concept/nano-sculpture)[ 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. ](/concept/polargraph-art)[ 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. ](/concept/stratified-forms)[ Turnkey Touring Exhibition A complete, ready-to-install exhibition package that a museum can book as a single unit — artworks, crating, interpretation, install support and media included. ](/concept/turnkey-touring-exhibition) ## Themes(2) [ Dual Description Jonty Hurwitz's practice of giving every artwork two parallel, equally authoritative readings — one artistic, one scientific — reflecting his dual identity as artist and scientist. ](/concept/dual-description)[ Science Art Science art is work made authentically inside both disciplines at once, art that is also rigorous science, as opposed to art that merely illustrates scientific themes. ](/concept/science-art) [](https://www.facebook.com/ontyhurwitzart)[](https://www.instagram.com/jontyhurwitzart/)[](https://wa.me/447469152288)