--- title: "Dietro Di Me, I'll Always Know" description: "Dietro di me is a larger-than-life sculpture of a my father. A series of cross-sections of his naked body glazed onto sheets of structural glass. 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Jonty reveals hidden forces of reality through works that make perception shift. Everything is not as it seems.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "VisualArtwork", "name": "Dietro Di Me, I'll Always Know", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/dietro-di-me-ill-always-know", "image": "https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-f75c69f2-6c1e-4ac9-8920-e1356a5287c0-compressed-1779669452879.jpg", "inLanguage": "en", "artMedium": "Iron Glazed Glass", "artworkSurface": "100w x 200h x 60d", "description": "Dietro di me is a larger-than-life sculpture of a my father. A series of cross-sections of his naked body glazed onto sheets of structural glass. From the front and back we see the changing, three-dimensional shape of man much as we see the geographical contours of hills in an ordnance survey map.  Viewing this sculpture from the sides, the man almost magically disappears: we see through the glass spaces to the trees that surround the glade. 'Dietro di me' represents the way a child perceives parental support. As you move around the piece, you are presented with different images of a father figure, from present and solid on occasions to ephemeral and absent altogether on others, reflecting those times when even the most supportive parent is not there and one learns to be alone.Thank you to Bruno Noble for believing in me and getting behind this piece.  It can be seen at Bruno's spiritual home Colletta in Liguria, Italy.", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. Yifat Davidoff", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "sentient.art" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Unique" } } ] --- [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [](/ "Home") ![sentient.art](/sentient-art-icon.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo-dark.png) # Dietro Di Me, I'll Always Know Edition:  Unique Dimensions:  100w x 200h x 60d (cm) Materials:  Iron Glazed Glass ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Dietro Di Me, I'll Always Know, Iron Glazed Glass](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-f75c69f2-6c1e-4ac9-8920-e1356a5287c0-compressed-1779669452879.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - 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A series of cross-sections of his naked body glazed onto sheets of structural glass. From the front and back we see the changing, three-dimensional shape of man much as we see the geographical contours of hills in an ordnance survey map.  Viewing this sculpture from the sides, the man almost magically disappears: we see through the glass spaces to the trees that surround the glade. 'Dietro di me' represents the way a child perceives parental support. As you move around the piece, you are presented with different images of a father figure, from present and solid on occasions to ephemeral and absent altogether on others, reflecting those times when even the most supportive parent is not there and one learns to be alone.Thank you to Bruno Noble for believing in me and getting behind this piece.  It can be seen at Bruno's spiritual home Colletta in Liguria, Italy. 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