Incredible anamorphic sculptures by jonty hurwitz biography

Constantly balancing between science and art, Jonty Hurwitz comes back with his mind-bending anamorphic sculptures.

Based in London, Jonty Hurwitz is one part artist, one part scientist..

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Jonty Hurwitz is an artist currently living in London, England. The self-described ‘artist scientist archetype’, Hurwitz took an engineering degree in Johannesburg, South Africa.

In his series of anamorphic sculptures below, Hurwitz’s distorted artworks can be seen ‘clearly’ when placed in front of a cylindrical mirror.

London-based artist Jonty Hurwitz creates amazing anamorphic sculptures that can only be seen in their own reflections.

  • South African artist Jonty Hurwitz makes incredible sculptures that appear abstract at first glance, but when viewed on a reflective cylinder reveals a.
  • Based in London, Jonty Hurwitz is one part artist, one part scientist.
  • Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1969, Jonty Hurwitz's journey into the world of art was anything but conventional.
  • London-based artist Jonty Hurwitz transforms warped digital renderings into incredible anamorphic sculptures made out of bronze, copper, plaster and paint.

    • On his inspiration and process, Hurwitz tells Colossal:

    “I have always been torn between art and physics. In a moment of self-doubt in 2003, I wondered into the National Portrait Gallery and stumbled across a strange anamorphic piece by William Scrots (Portrait of Edward VI, 1546).

    Followed shortly down the aisle by The Ambassadors (Hans Holbein, 1533). My life changed forever. I rushed home and within hours was devouring the works of Escher, Da Vinci and many more. In a breath I had found “brothers” in a smallish group of artists spanning 500 years with exactly the same dile