David Datuna

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David Datuna
File:6 Glass.jpg
David Datuna wearing a Google Glass device
Born February 10, 1974[1] Tbilisi, Georgia
Nationality Georgian-American[1]
Known for Sculpture, installation
Notable work USA-Viewpoints of Millions
(2008-2012)
Love of Millions
(2012)
Website datuna.com

David Datuna (born February 10, 1974, Tbilisi, Georgia)[2] is a Georgian-born American artist living in New York.[1][3] He is most widely known for his Viewpoint of Millions series that explores the sources and meaning of cultural identity from each unique point of view.[1][3][4][5]

Datuna’s signature technique in Viewpoint of Millions is a network of positive and negative optical lenses suspended over a large-scale layered, collaged and painted image.[4] The mixed media palette often includes photography, newspaper articles, magazine clippings, paint and color.[4][5] The prismatic surface both hides and reveals the work below, while the lenses symbolize individual identity, illusion, perception, fragmentation and unification.[4][5] Portraits, flags and icons are recurring themes within the Viewpoint of Millions series.[5]

Datuna’s works have been exhibited in Europe, Russia, China and the United States.[1][6][7]

Special Projects

In October 2011, Datuna's portrait of Vladimir Putin made out of miniature images of Mona Lisa was sold for $269,000[8] during the Art Moscow Fair in December, 2011.

In December 2011, Datuna's Steve Jobs / Ayn Rand portrait sold for $210,000[9] at SCOPE Miami Art Show, which became one of the most expensive art pieces sold at the fair that year.[7]

In January 2012, Datuna unveiled an installment in the Viewpoint of Millions art project, titled ‘Viewpoint of Millions: Israel Beyond a Dream’ in Palm Beach, FL.[5] The artwork consisted of an Israeli flag triptych assembled in Datuna’s style of cascading optical lenses, which represented the past, present and future of Israel.[5] A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the artwork were donated to the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County.[5]

In May 2012, Global Art Group created a mobile application for the iTunes Store that lets users create art in Datuna's style, called Viewpoints.[10][11]

In 2012, Datuna, together with Global Art Group and Mironova Art Gallery donated a portrait of Natalia Vodianova created out of Robert Indiana's LOVE symbol to Vodianova's Naked Heart Foundation charity auction.[12] The work brought in $790,000.[12] This was the second consecutive year of Datuna’s involvement with the Naked Heart Foundation. In 2011, he donated his installation “Chaotic Past,” which sold for over $100,000[12] to Irina Viner, wife of Alisher Usmanov, a Russian billionaire, art collector and majority Arsenal shareholder.[12]

In December 2013, Datuna became the first artist in the world to incorporate Google Glass into a contemporary work of art.[13][14] The artwork debuted at a private event at The New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida during the SIME MIA conference.[15][16] The artwork moved to the Miami Design District for the public debut.[17] The event lasted 5 days with over 1500 people from around the world trying on Google Glass and seeing Datuna's American flag from his Viewpoint of Billions series during Art Basel Week in Miami.[18][19] The piece also displayed at the Lincoln Center in New York.[20][21][22] It is the first of ten flags in the Viewpoint of Billions series.[23]

Selected exhibitions

In October 2012, Datuna's solo exhibition titled Emblem and Image[3] featured a portrait of President Barack Obama that traced the arc of African-American political and social experience over 150 years.[3]

In 2013, Datuna opened his Paris exhibition, Beauty and Power, on the prestigious Avenue Matignon which featured fifteen works.[6][24][25]

In October 2013, Datuna opened his Moscow exhibition, Eye to Eye, near Red Square at the Vetoshny Art Center, presented by Gallery Shchukin, where images of Russian icons and leaders like Vladimir Putin and Tsar Nicolas II were reinterpreted through optical lenses.[4][26][27]

  • 2004 Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
  • 2005 Na Kuznetskom Mostu, Central Exhibit Hall, Moscow, Russia
  • 2006 798 Avant Gallery, New York, NY
  • 2008 Manege, Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
  • 2008 789 Avant Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
  • 2009 Mironova Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
  • 2010 Arsenal Museum, Kiev, Ukraine
  • 2011 Viewpoints of Millions, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
  • 2012 Politics, Peace and Passion, Long-Sharp Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
  • 2012 Emblem and Image, Birnam Wood Galleries, New York, NY (solo)
  • 2013 Beauty and Power, Shchukin Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
  • 2013 Eye to Eye, Shchukin Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
  • 2013 Viewpoint of Billions with Google Glass, KIWI Arts Group and Gallery Shchukin, Miami, FL

Datuna has participated in numerous contemporary art fairs, including Art Miami, Scope, Los Angeles Art Show, Art Southampton, Art Hamptons, Houston Fine Art Fair, Texas Contemporary, Art Palm Beach, Art Moscow and others.[1][3]

Artworks

  • LOVE (2007)
  • Box of Life (2007), installation
  • USA-Viewpoints of Millions (2007), installation
  • Fashion Rules the World (2008) installation
  • USA Today (2008)
  • CANADA-Viewpoints of Millions (2008), installation
  • Chaotic Past (2008), installation
  • Putin-Mona Lisa (2011), installation
  • Putin Couture (2011)
  • White Flags- White Dreams (2011)
  • Israel — Behind a Dream (2011)
  • Steve Jobs/Ayn Rand (2011)
  • Mobile Application VIEWPOINTS (2012)
  • Marilyn — Sasha grey (2012)
  • Russia Today (2012)
  • Due Date (2012), installation
  • Black Bubble (2012), installation
  • Mr. President: Legacy (2012), installation
  • Reality Of Illusion (2006-2012)
  • Vodianova - Love of Millions (2012), installation
  • Mr. President: Legacy (2012)
  • Eye to Eye: Nicolas II (2013)
  • Eye to Eye: Putin (2013)
  • Georgia - Millions of Hope (2014)[28]

Further reading

References

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  28. ↑ David Datuna creates Georgian flag's optical illusion
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