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At 16, David Wiener was the youngest professional photographer shooting the America’s Cup yacht races. At
18, he was represented by a New York agency and was shooting the Indy 500, US Open Tennis, and Formula One.
He then turned his eye to engineering and design, becoming a prolific innovator of products, vehicles, fashion,
and brands sold around the world. But he kept his cameras close, documenting his work, eventually turning
his many images into modern abstracts designed to elevate automotive artwork, “taking Formula One into
art galleries,” as David likes to say. International exhibits, corporate commissions and private collections
followed, reinforcing David’s belief that car art enthusiasts wanted new ways to enjoy their passion. New
ways of “seeing” cars. New ways of discussing automotive art. New audiences to share their passion with.

I’ve spent most of my life observing the aesthetic: people, nature, products, fashion, architecture…everything. It’s the
daily function of a designer and artist. It’s both a subconscious and conscious research tool, as well as a critical method
of “measurement” for style, performance, quality, and desire. It’s this life-long demand for the elegant aesthetic that
has trained me to look – and to see – detail and pattern in objects that might otherwise go unnoticed or hidden by the
combination (or concert) of their surroundings.

I call my pieces modern abstracts, and I create this art because I want to provoke thought, change perspectives, and
challenge the viewer to not only see the beauty of shapes, patterns, and colors playing off each other, but also to identify
the detail and the hidden beauty within, and to start a conversation – even if it’s just one-sided.

- David Wiener July 2024