Anamorphic sculptures by michael murphy

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Michael Murphy was born and raised in Tampa and graduated from Plant High School.
Michael Murphy is an American artist, sculptor and pioneer of the perceptual art movement.

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A Conversation With Michael Murphy, Whose “Perceptual Art” Must Be Seen to Be Believed

American sculptor Michael Murphy is a pioneer in a movement commonly referred to as “perceptual art,” a moniker that might sound strange to the uninitiated — after all, isn’t all art an experience in perception? One look at Murphy’s mind-bending 3D installations, however, and the designation immediately becomes clear: this is art meant to challenge perception in both an immediate physical sense as well as a philosophical one, a sensory experience influenced by the viewer’s physical position in the space as it relates to the artwork.

Murphy’s technique involves suspending a series of objects with pinpoint precision in a way that their collective positioning creates a single, coherent image (or, in certain cases, multiple images) for a viewer standing in a certain place. Viewing one of Murphy’s works is, for lack of a more nuanced description, a uniquely trippy experience, and one which has made Murphy one of the more celebrated and sought-after artists in the world. In addition to

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Michael Murphy (sculptor)

American sculptor (born 1975)

Michael Murphy (born March 22, 1975) is an American artist, sculptor and pioneer of the perceptual art movement. Murphy became widely known during the 2008 U.S. presidential election, after creating the first portrait of candidate Barack Obama in 2007 that influenced thousands of artists^[1] to contribute to the "Art for Obama" movement,^[2] documented in Shepard Fairey's book Art for Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change.^[2]

His approach is to challenge the viewer's boundaries using multidimensional techniques in order to create three-dimensional renderings of flat images. His inventions of "Expanded Graphics", the "3D Halftone"^[3] and "Suspended Narrative Mobiles" have established an entirely new formula for rendering images.

Background

Murphy was born in Youngstown, Ohio.^[4] He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and sculpture training from Kent State University in 2000.^[5] He then earned his Master of Fine Arts in art and techn

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Michael Murphy was born and raised in Tampa and graduated from Plant High School. His passion for the arts started at only 14 when both his brother and cousin were getting their BFA in photography at USF. Michael would skip school to hang out in the Art Department with them.

“There was a lot going on in the Art Department in the early ‘70’s. They had just launched Graphic Studio, famous artists were coming through. It was exciting.” Michael found himself spending much of his time there.

It is ironic how errors of judgement, even as children (skipping school, etc.) could lead us toward our life’s passion and lifelong career goals.

As a freshman at Plant High School, Michael took a part-time job at a gallery in South Tampa after school. When the framer quit, he was offered the job where he taught himself what he needed to know and began framing.

“At 24, I was working for a gallery whose owner was going out of town for several months and had a job for a doctor’s office in Bradenton. I needed the money and asked if I could do the job in her place. She said yes.” Michael found a pl