--- title: "The Undressed Light" description: "Jonty Hurwitz's "The Undressed Light" reveals portraits through a mind illusion, exploring how human perception decodes complex optical physics on canvas" 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/the-undressed-light", "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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", "artworkSurface": "100 × 162 × 154 cm", "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": "Edition of Originals" } } ] --- [ 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) # The Undressed Light Edition Size:  5 Artist Copies:  1 Year:  2026 Dimensions:  100 × 162 × 154 cm Materials:  Acrylic On Canvas. ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, The Undressed Light, Acrylic On Canvas. , 2026](https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/2188656153-757129a925e9df552937a49c8dde1da825d471ed5d1b1ef9e70952bfc966dd51-d?region=us_640.jpg) ## Related concepts - [Perceptual Illusion as Medium](/concepts/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) - [Dual Description](/concepts/dual-description) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) - [Optical Illusion](/concepts/optical-illusion) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Science Art](/concepts/science-art) - [Anamorphic & Illusion Art Editions](/concepts/anamorphic-art-editions) ![The Undressed Light — faces moon white 2.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1786383747387-d9e5tzf.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — 2W6A5552.JPG](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778962637394-gf5drol-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — 2W6A5538.JPG](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778962784992-zkg4kys-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — faces moon white 1.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1786383745431-n58lkra.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — 2W6A5561.JPG](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778962724242-3yubjkf-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — Faces white master.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1786383629762-qauyi8g.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — 2W6A5544.JPG](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778962688884-eqga70a-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![The Undressed Light — 2W6A5556.JPG](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778962651569-23l7p1f-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) The Undressed Light is a companion work to Faces of the Moon, exploring what happens when light itself becomes the subject rather than the medium through which we see. Where Faces of the Moon reveals a portrait hidden within the phases of the moon, The Undressed Light removes the familiar visual cues that allow recognition to occur. The image exists in plain sight, yet many viewers do not perceive the faces at all until they have first encountered its counterpart. The work exposes a fundamental truth about perception: we do not simply see with our eyes—we see through expectation, memory, and prior experience. By inverting the relationship between light and shadow, presence and absence, the painting challenges the assumptions the brain uses to construct meaning from visual information. Recognition becomes an event rather than an observation. Together, Faces of the Moon and The Undressed Light form a perceptual dialogue. One teaches the viewer what to look for; the other reveals how dependent seeing is on what has already been seen. In this way, the work invites reflection on the hidden mechanisms of perception and the delicate relationship between light, knowledge, and understanding. Read more ↓ ## You might also like [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Lost Me, Mirror On Painted Aluminium, 2016](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-a71033ac-ac26-4d44-ac2d-6475ec7d45c8-thumb-1779669447595.webp) Lost Me Mirror On Painted Aluminium Edition of Originals ](/edition/lost-me-walls-hand-painted-mirrors) [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Faces of the Moon, Acrylic On Canvas. , 2013](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-8c535878-e417-4d90-9911-3694d90ac1b1-thumb-1779669510872.webp) Faces of the Moon Acrylic On Canvas. 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