Assume Vivid Astro Focus - annoyingly vulgar? amorously fatal? for Sale

About The Work

The costume competitions that take place during Carnival in the artists' native Brazil are an important source for avaf's imagery, as they are a national pastime followed closely by the media. This racy image of a man in a peacock costume is recycled from an old photograph of Carnival published in a Brazilian magazine and was used in an all-gallery installation at Deitch Projects in 2003.

The title of this work, like most by avaf, is an acrostic play on the letters "a" "v" "a" and "f." The combinations of these letters frequently appear as names of performances and installations, as well as on the signatures of emails and correspondences between the collective and the outside world.

About Assume Vivid Astro Focus

assume vivid astro focus was founded by Eli Sudbrack in 2001. Sudbrack began working with Christophe Hamaide Pierson in 2005 as a duo that often morphs into a collective, depending on the different projects they are involved in. avaf works in a vast array of media, including painting, drawing, installations, video, sculpture, neon, wallpaper, decals, and often confronts gender, politics, and embedded cultural codes through pop imagery and neon colors. The duo brings a passionate collaborative spirit to every aspect of their work—from conceiving projects in tandem, to employing an extensive range of references and materials, to executing large-scale installations with expert, animated, diversely talented teams. avaf approaches every project with a combination of all-encompassing, unbridled vision and keen pragmatism.

Their work often and easily segues into the fashion industry and popular culture. They have collaborated with designers from Comme des Garçons—providing their imagery for both printed and digital matter—to Lady Gaga, who incorporated their art into the “Gaga's Workshop” display at Barneys New York.

avaf has also been the subject of major exhibitions and public art projects around the world. These include Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, The Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, São Paulo Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1st Athens Biennale, Athens, Greece, The Geffen Contemporary (MoCA), Los Angeles, and The 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York, among others.

Details

The quoted dimensions are for the paper size. The image size for the smaller work is 14 x 10.5 inches, and the image size for the larger work is 36 x 27 inches.

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