London-based artist Jonty Hurwitz creates ‘Anamorphic Sculptures’ which only reveal themselves once facing a reflective cylinder. Hurwitz took an engineering degree in Johannesburg where he discovered the fine line between art and science. He has lived in England for many years, working in the online industry though he quietly levitated into the world of art inspired by a need to make ‘something real’. Hurwitz discovered that he could use science as an artistic paintbrush. Each of his sculptures is a study on the physics of how we perceive space and is the stroke of over 1 billion calculations and algorithms.
All images © Niina Keks, Otto Pierotto, Richard Ivey
Feb 09, 2013 · 08:18
Interesting to see modern examples of this. I just read about a Jacobean version of this at the West Highlands Museum http://www.westhighlandmuseum.org.uk/collections/the-jacobites/
Feb 12, 2013 · 17:01
Brilliant!
Feb 13, 2013 · 11:08
wow!! very cool... love!
Feb 15, 2013 · 01:06
extremely awesome. kudos!
Feb 15, 2013 · 10:48
Clever. Simple. Elegant.
Feb 16, 2013 · 06:24
These are absolutely amazing, but it has to be said that Dali did this decades ago..
Feb 17, 2013 · 04:43
Not in 3D. I'd like one in my appartment! What would it cost?
Feb 23, 2013 · 03:22
very nice,imaginative....
Feb 23, 2013 · 05:23
FINE COLLECTION......DEAR
Feb 25, 2013 · 00:02
Really awesome. I like it, its clever and beautiful.
Feb 25, 2013 · 03:39
clever
Feb 25, 2013 · 08:20
I've seen a similar piece in the Les Arts Décoratifs Museum in Paris... expect it was not quite as epic as this being only a painting (2d) version.
This is definitely stepping it up!
Thanks for sharing.
Feb 25, 2013 · 23:11
Wow. Never saw anything like this. Anamorphic, huh? Gotta remember that.
Feb 27, 2013 · 07:20
amazing !!!!!
Feb 27, 2013 · 07:30
brilliant! amazing creativity
Feb 28, 2013 · 07:59
amazing idea!
Feb 28, 2013 · 09:06
Brilliant!
Feb 28, 2013 · 18:13
Love it! Very Leonardo though -- saw a da Vinci show at the RA in the 1950s and these techniques were on display.
Mar 04, 2013 · 18:41
Ottimo!!!!!!!!!!! la ricostruzione dell'oggetto attraverso la sua deormazione,
può essere il sistema di ovviare a moltissimi problemi della nostra società,
analizzando le sue deormazioni ricostruire una società sana e propositiva.
Mar 05, 2013 · 10:32
incredible and beautiful !
Mar 05, 2013 · 18:03
I was on display and I ordered a few, so who's the sexpert now, doc?
Mar 06, 2013 · 22:49
brilliant...imagine it , think it through, create it, exhibit
Mar 07, 2013 · 06:34
Very classy and cool mathematical applications!
Mar 07, 2013 · 11:40
Fascinating...
Mar 07, 2013 · 19:52
Cool...
Mar 08, 2013 · 16:49
Whoooaaa! That is totally how life is. When we focus on outside reality, everything spread out and it's a bit trickier to make sense of what we're looking at. But when we look at our core, our outside reality becomes much more clear...
Mar 08, 2013 · 23:08
Mooooi
Mar 12, 2013 · 18:19
As an artist who works as a sculptor,I can really appreciate the amazing amount of vision he can pull from the library of his mind. Hurwitz works are without doubt some of the most amazing pieces I've come across.
Mar 13, 2013 · 03:38
Really beautiful . Stunna motha fucka.
Mar 13, 2013 · 07:44
Each image looks amazing
Mar 13, 2013 · 13:45
music is my occupation
Mar 13, 2013 · 16:01
Incredibly Amazing....truly a work of art. Amazed how they do this. True Talent.
Mar 13, 2013 · 21:43
Superb!!!!!
Mar 14, 2013 · 02:28
how many research to do for that perfect image - amazing
Mar 14, 2013 · 13:32
Smooth and beautiful
Mar 15, 2013 · 07:05
Wonderfull.............www.anilutum.com
Mar 15, 2013 · 18:15
Thats seriously impressive, i am curious as to how the sculptures are created so accurately!
Mar 16, 2013 · 12:41
Very strange and artistic.
Mar 18, 2013 · 10:46
Dali had done some of this, and I once had a anamorphic puzzle like this: http://www.mathartfun.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/AnaPuzzles.html - so you see, it has been commercialized ages ago already.
Mar 19, 2013 · 07:36
Quite amazing!
Mar 19, 2013 · 14:00
woooowwwww
Mar 19, 2013 · 14:00
wooowwww
Mar 19, 2013 · 17:46
How do they make these?
Mar 21, 2013 · 10:29
super awsome !!!
Mar 22, 2013 · 20:31
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for this visual explosion.
Mar 24, 2013 · 00:55
Just when u think Art is facing the wall, up comes Art from another dimension, rather than perspective or together, brilliant. Art lives on!
Mar 26, 2013 · 20:17
wonderful art
Mar 27, 2013 · 00:12
http://reddysetbeauty.blogspot.com/
Mar 29, 2013 · 20:53
pefect shadow
Mar 31, 2013 · 11:18
Awesome!!
It is clever and wonderful.
Apr 03, 2013 · 12:52
Very cool sculptures. ;-)
Apr 05, 2013 · 11:49
Very touched by all comments.
Apr 06, 2013 · 11:15
Really impressive Work!
Apr 06, 2013 · 18:08
Absolutely breathtaking!!
Apr 07, 2013 · 07:52
NICEEEE... COOOOL... :)
Apr 07, 2013 · 23:14
This, this is brilliant. I personally wouldn't suffice to an opportunity to study engineering like this guy did, but it's amazing how thin that 'line' really is.
Well done!
Apr 09, 2013 · 02:32
Wow, really impressive.... thanks for sharing... Love it!
Apr 09, 2013 · 13:56
Wonderful
Apr 11, 2013 · 05:56
不错不错
Apr 11, 2013 · 23:23
Thanks Beti for the Jacobean link that was fabulous. Love the work presented as well.
Apr 14, 2013 · 20:17
Jonty Hurwitz is a genius.....conceptually each creation proves he is without peer.....his executions result in creations that are totally unique, beautiful, and thought-provoking.
Oh to be in a position to be able to acquire one of his treasures.
One would never tire of reflecting on it.
Apr 18, 2013 · 07:57
In turn imaging, is very good
Apr 19, 2013 · 00:49
To be unique in a scientific and technological age is the key. Brilliant artists still have hope!
Apr 20, 2013 · 17:36
These resemble mirrored anamorphosis of the exact sort from the 17th & 18th century.
They were also produced a reflective column, a mirror effect to "reveal" the anamorphic image. I understand this can be produced by an optical program now, with the aide of a computerized camera.
These are very effective. Really successfully rendered. It is impressive.
Hardly genius, as one of the visitors says; if this were genius then what would Holbein be for having painted probably the most famous anamorphosis in art history in the 1500's? We'd have to call him a Demigod. {"The Ambassadors" National Gallery, London}
Apr 21, 2013 · 12:45
WAUW !!!
Apr 22, 2013 · 13:51
cool..
Apr 25, 2013 · 19:29
I remeber S. Dali doing it
Apr 25, 2013 · 20:16
I've been warned every day that there's a new comment here, and when I get here I
find WAUW, cool, and Dali do it!
Who do I have to tell that I don't need to be apprised of those kind of comments?
That doesn't rate the "creative output" radar. Maybe the new stuff isn't appearing on my computer screen.
Apr 28, 2013 · 00:49
Dali would be proud.
Apr 28, 2013 · 12:39
WOW !!!!!!! How do you do this ? This is great . Thanks fro sharing.
Apr 29, 2013 · 09:37
Amazing Art... i cant see before
May 04, 2013 · 14:55
This is absolutely amazing!! Wish I could exhibit this live...
May 10, 2013 · 14:12
unexcepted idea
May 17, 2013 · 09:03
Awesome creativity. This work is really mind blowing.
May 18, 2013 · 12:15
Its really amazing ones.....
May 18, 2013 · 18:33
WOW
May 22, 2013 · 00:49
Great Site Thanks For Showing Me