--- title: "Strong and Lonely" description: "Strong and Lonely · Acrylic On Canvas · 2013" lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "alternateName": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://sentient.art/sentient-art-logo-dark.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Sculpture editions and unique artworks by Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff — where art meets science.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Loading edition…", "description": "Loading edition details", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/strong-and-lonely", "isPartOf": { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-assets/site-settings/logo/1779723800851-m6hr4e-Original-Sentient-Logo-Black.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Official Site: Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Art born from science. 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Spiritually we seem able to do this easily. The painting was my exploration into how to achieve this spiritual duality in a physical way. This work started at a time in my life when I slipped a disk in my neck doing Yoga. I had to maintain such a strong exterior while feeling so alone in my physical pain. Much of this painting was done on my back horzintally in bed...Sistene Chapel-style. With that said, it took around 2 years to finish. Technically this piece is a lovely balance between raw hand work and mathematics. I used Quadratic Edge Decimation on a high resolution point cloud to create the triangular meshes. All sounds pretty geeky (and it is). When the two heads are brought together though, it becomes a beautiful (and painstakingly long) manual process of melding them line by line. This painting was a long meditation. The Strong and Lonely is also dedication to a dear friend who has been in my life for almost as long as I can remember. He has taught me, challenged me, relied on me, supported me, questioned me. Above all he has cared consistently. A life long friendship is truly a precious thing. 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