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David Datuna Art

Georgian, 1974-2022
Merging the handcrafted and the technological, the historical and the contemporary, the personal and the universal, mixed-media artist David Datuna creates layered compositions through which he presents social, political, and cultural issues for consideration from multiple viewpoints. Optical lenses are key to his practice. He overlays them in web-like patterns onto images of national flags, global brands, and portraits of famous authors, inventors, and artists of all kinds, composed of collaged photographs, newspaper articles, magazine clippings, and painted passages. As Datuna describes, the lenses, which simultaneously distort and clarify the images, signify the network of individual viewpoints brought to bear on all issues. “The lenses symbolically express individual identity, illusion, perception, fragmentation, and unification,” he says. “The network of positive and negative lenses expresses the multiple points of view we all share from within.”
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Artist: David Datuna
Glory 2
Glory 2

Glory 2

By David Datuna

Located in Indianapolis, IN

David Datuna (1974-2022) Glory 2 (2012) Mixed media construction with collage Size: 22 x 40 x 4.5 in (55.9 x 101.6 x 11.4 cm) Hand signed on the side *Black frame is part of the ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual David Datuna Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Moving Flag
Moving Flag

Moving Flag

By David Datuna

Located in Indianapolis, IN

David Datuna (1974-2022) Moving Flag (2013) Mixed media construction with collage, paint, and acrylic glasses lenses. Size: 32 x 57 x 9.5 in (81.3 x 144.8 x 24.1 cm) Hand signed on ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual David Datuna Art

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Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic Polymer

Hungry Artist – Mixed Media Installation by David Datuna (Basel Banana Inspired)
Hungry Artist – Mixed Media Installation by David Datuna (Basel Banana Inspired)

Hungry Artist – Mixed Media Installation by David Datuna (Basel Banana Inspired)

By David Datuna

Located in Brooklyn, NY

David Datuna’s Hungry Artist (2021) extends the themes of his 2019 performance at Art Basel Miami Beach, where he consumed Maurizio Cattelan’s banana installation, Comedian, in a spo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary David Datuna Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Chaotic Past – Wall Sculpture by David Datuna, 2011
Chaotic Past – Wall Sculpture by David Datuna, 2011

Chaotic Past – Wall Sculpture by David Datuna, 2011

By David Datuna

Located in Brooklyn, NY

In Chaotic Past, David Datuna transforms the everyday into a layered reflection on modern life. Using shattered china dishes embedded into a framed wall composition, the work draws d...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary David Datuna Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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