Contemporary Artist David Datuna Sole Exhibition

Esteemed contemporary artist, David Datuna is set to present an exclusive solo exhibition at the Gilles Clement Gallery located in Greenwich Connecticut, this upcoming March 9th - April 9th, 2017.

He is known for exploring pivotal issues through multiple viewpoints. However, it is not the issues being explored that bring interest, but instead how he chooses to have the viewers explore them. Optical lenses are key to his practice.

Datuna overlays optical lenses 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. The lenses, which simultaneously distort and clarify the images, signify the network of individual viewpoints brought to bear on all issue. In the past he has used the American and Israeli flags, logos from luxury companies like Louis Vuitton, and Marilyn Monroe—Datuna then covers the image with glasses, both positive and negative lenses to create rippling optical effects.

Datuna has gained acclaim in recent years for his ability to reexamine America, from his famous Google glass art project, "Viewpoint of Billions”, “Portrait of America” project which brought out a record breaking 27,000 visitors (in 2 days alone) at the Smithsonian to his “Make America Stronger” installation which was unveiled on the doorstop of the Trump Tower. The installation has now become one of the most iconic images from the 2016 Presidential Elections election cycle. Datuna has been exhibited in all over the world - from Moscow to Miami. Visit the famed artist's most recent exhibit at 45 East Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT 06880.

Gilles Clement gallery will also present the artist's film, "Datuna: Portrait of America" (www.datunamovie.com) during the opening reception