--- title: "Time Flies When You're Having Fun — Anamorphic Sculpture" description: "Inspired by Hans Holbein, Jonty Hurwitz's 'Time Flies When You're Having Fun' sculpts anamorphic perception, pondering mortality's fluid transformation." 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/time-flies-when-youre-having-fun", "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. 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": "Time Flies When You're Having Fun", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/time-flies-when-youre-having-fun", "image": "https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/edition-images/edition-1b6d41d4-e703-4b2a-9169-2d2614ea317c-compressed-1779366198984.jpg", "inLanguage": "en", "dateCreated": "2025", "artMedium": "Thermoset Polymer And Aluminium", "artworkSurface": "156w x 45h x 15d", "description": "At its core, the artist's work is not merely a sculpture but a profound exploration of life, death, and what might come after. The piece draws upon the hauntingly enigmatic anamorphic skull found in Hans Holbein the Younger’s renowned 16th-century painting, \"The Ambassadors\", seeking to delve into our intricate relationship with mortality.Holbein's skull, warped and stretched across the bottom of the canvas, only coalesces into a recognizable form when viewed from a particular angle. Similarly, the artist's sculpture may invite viewers to perceive death not as a stark, unequivocal end but as something that can be seen and understood in myriad ways depending upon one’s perspective.The sculpture underscores an enthralling dichotomy: the palpable, tangible skull representative of death, and the elusive, unfathomable questions regarding what follows our mortal existence. It doesn’t propound a singular truth about death or afterlife but rather urges viewers to embark on a reflective journey into the abyss of their own beliefs and apprehensions.A philosophical thread woven through the piece suggests that death might not be a mere binary opposite of life, not just an abrupt cessation. Instead, if one embraces the concept of an afterlife or a spiritual realm, death could be envisioned as a transformative passage. It isn't a leap from being to non-being, but a continual shift from one state of energy to another, a metamorphosis that’s perhaps as unfathomable as an anamorphic skull that only reveals itself fully from a specific viewpoint.The artist, in fashioning this piece, creates a space where viewers might ponder about the fluidity between life and death, physicality and spirituality. It tacitly nudges the observer to contemplate: If death is not an end, but a transformation, how does that shape our understanding of life itself? What implications might it hold for how we live, love, and forge connections with others?This philosophical artwork does not endeavor to dictate answers. Rather, it gracefully unfolds a space, a moment in time, wherein observers may dwell, question, and perhaps leave with more inquiries than they arrived with—continuing the timeless human tradition of exploring the elusive mysteries shrouding our existence.", "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) # Time Flies When You're Having Fun Edition Size:  18 Artist Copies:  4 Year:  2025 Dimensions:  156w x 45h x 15d (cm) Materials:  Thermoset Polymer And Aluminium ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, Time Flies When You're Having Fun, Thermoset Polymer And Aluminium, 2025](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-1b6d41d4-e703-4b2a-9169-2d2614ea317c-compressed-1779366198984.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Perceptual Illusion as Medium](/concepts/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) - [Anamorphic Sculpture](/concepts/anamorphic-sculpture) - [Optical Illusion Sculpture](/concepts/optical-illusion-sculpture) - [Privileged Viewpoint](/concepts/privileged-viewpoint) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) - [Optical Illusion](/concepts/optical-illusion) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Mathematical Sculpture](/concepts/mathematical-sculpture) - [Anamorphic & Illusion Art Editions](/concepts/anamorphic-art-editions) ![Time Flies When You're Having Fun — Time Flies When You're Having Fun Jonty Hurwitz and Yifat Davidoff 1.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1779365476392-kiluinb.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Time Flies When You're Having Fun — 2W6A3434.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1779365619847-63qlli6-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Time Flies When You're Having Fun — 2W6A3440\_cr.jpg](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1779365533152-t8gu6bt-web.webp?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![Time Flies When You're Having Fun — Time Flies When You're Having Fun Jonty Hurwitz and Yifat Davidoff 2.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1779365578041-ta1ijrj.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) Inspired by the enigmatic anamorphic skull in Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Ambassadors, this work explores humanity’s enduring fascination with mortality and the unknown beyond it. Like Holbein’s distorted skull—which only resolves into focus from a particular viewpoint—the sculpture invites viewers to consider death not as a fixed certainty, but as something understood differently depending on perspective. At the heart of the piece lies a tension between the tangible reality of physical death and the profound mystery of what, if anything, follows. Rather than offering answers, the work creates a space for contemplation, encouraging reflection on personal beliefs about life, death, and transformation. The sculpture suggests that death may not simply represent an ending, but a passage from one state of existence to another. In this reading, life and death are not opposites but interconnected stages within a larger continuum, much as the hidden image of the anamorphic skull emerges only when viewed from the right angle. By drawing together themes of physicality, spirituality and perception, the work invites viewers to question how their understanding of mortality shapes the way they live, love and connect with others. It stands not as a statement, but as an open-ended meditation on one of humanity’s most enduring mysteries. Read more ↓ ## You might also like [ ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, What Do You Believe?, Thermoset Polymer And Aluminium, 2017](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-d8e807b3-d90e-4fca-bb00-8c166c56c1a9-compressed-1779011334434.jpg?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) What Do You Believe? 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