4th International Arte Laguna Prize

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:18:16 +0100

Yoda and the Anamorph

Finalist in the 4th International Arte Laguna Prize

2008 | 30cm x 20cm x 25cm

Acrylic, Ink, Resin, Powder, Steel

Binge Thinking Collection

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:30:29 +0100

Binge Thinking is my study on the physics of how we perceive space and time. Each art piece is the stroke of over a billion calculations and draws upon a unique way in which our brains interpret the spacial information they receive.

Noble Sculpture Prize

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:26:49 +0100

‘Dietro di me’ is a larger-than-life sculpture of a man or, rather, a series of cross-sections of a man glazed onto a number of sheets of structural glass.

From the front and back we see the changing, three-dimensional shape of man much as we see the geographical contours of hills in an ordnance survey map. The resonance of such features in Colletta’s hilly landscape is profound: the work of art echoes and is in perfect harmony with the topography it resides in.

Viewing this sculpture from the sides, the man almost magically disappears: we see through the glass and the spaces either side of the individual sheets of glass to the trees that surround the glade the sculpture stands in. Man as geography and man in landscape is visible and then invisible depending on your point of view.

The inspiration for the sculpture is closer to home. ‘Dietro di me’ represents the way a child perceives parental support. As you move around the piece, you are presented with different images of a father figure, from present and solid on occasions to ephemeral and absent altogether on others, reflecting those times when even the most supportive parent is not there and one learns to be alone.

Jonty Hurwitz | Binge Thinking

4th International Arte Laguna Prize

Binge Thinking Collection

Noble Sculpture Prize