The projects
of avaf go beyond the boundaries of the traditional art object and takes form as large site - specific installations, performances and happenings.
Not exact matches
Fall 15 Marc By Marc Jacobs aligns with Brazilian art duo Assume Vivid Astro Focus (
AVAF) for a limited edition collaboration which spans the entire breadth
of the clothing and accessories collections.
Mask Making Throughout their career the artist collective assume vivid astro focus (
avaf) has used masks to examine questions
of identity and freedom
of expression.
avaf works in a vast array
of media, including painting, drawing, installations, video, sculpture, neons, wallpaper, decals, and often confronts gender, politics, and embedded cultural codes through pop imagery and neon colors.
Infused by pop culture and political references,
avaf is influenced by multiple sources and visual traits from art, culture, politics, sociology, fashion and music, creating stunning and visually explosive mash - ups
of transformed and re-contextualized references.
Marking the occasion
of the Faena Hotel's 10 - year anniversary, Faena Art Center commissiond the artistic collective assume vivid astro focus - a.k.a.
avaf — to create a site - specific installation for revelry, participation and the celebration
of community — the embodiment
of the institution's values and its cultural manifesto.
Museum
of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) will present avalanches volcanoes asteroids floods, a newly commissioned installation by the vibrant New York / Paris based artist duo assume vivid astro focus (
avaf) from August 14 — December 31, 2016.
The immersive, participatory and site - specific installation created by
avaf, ángeles veloces arcanos fugaces, includes a line - up
of DJs and performers who will activate the roller rink with their own practice while the public is invited to dance and skate within the installation.
avaf approaches every project with a combination
of all - encompassing, unbridled vision and keen pragmatism.
avaf has also been the subject
of major exhibitions and public art projects around the world.
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.
A study in visual adaptation and modification,
avaf's work recycles and transforms imagery from one project to the next — often in the form
of densely patterned wallpapers and graphic signage.
Imagery aside,
avaf tackled a very significant formal issue
of the dematerialization
of the art object.
Assume Vivid Astro Focus All kinds
of odds were offered up for
avaf, the alias
of Eli Sudbrack.
In the weeks prior, an international team
of artists, Crash, How and Nosm, Jen Stark, Logan Hicks, 1010, Dasic Fernández,
AVAF, MOMO, The London Police, Case Maclaim, Vhils and Pose had been painting the walls
of the newly rebranded Hard Rock Stadium, home
of the Miami Dolphins football team.
The artist collective known as assume vivid astro focus (
avaf) creates vibrant, visually intense collage - based environments, fusing elements
of psychedelia, glam, kitsch and popular culture.
Situated on the museum's exterior and throughout the lobby — including behind the Collective bar — is a series
of vividly colorful vinyl decals created by artist collaborative Assume Vivid Astro Focus (
AVAF).
/ Us.Here.Now., curated by Zohra Opoku, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria Recent Histories, The Walther Collection,Neu - Ulm, Germany 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, AFRONOVA GALLERY, Pioneer Works, New York, USA SA Taxi Foundation Art Award Finalist, Lizamore and Associates Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa Infecting the City, Africa Centre, Cape Town, South Africa Booknesses: South African Artists» Books, FADA Gallery, University
of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa Les Territoires du Corps, Black Box, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France Le jour qui vient, Galerie des Galeries, Paris, France New Home,
AVAF Edition 1, Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa
Eli Sudbrack
of Assume Vivid Astro Focus will discuss his most significant work in a self - described «Book Tour Lecture,» in which the artist walks the audience through key moments in the development
of his immersive installations through the
AVAF monograph.
avaf works in a vast array
of media, including painting, drawing, installations, video, sculpture, neon, wallpaper, decals, and often confronts gender...
The rear
of the exhibition is a space for the repertoire
of collaborative performances and video
avaf has assembled to activate this explosive exhibition.
avaf works in a vast array
of media — painting, drawing, installations, video, sculpture, neons, wallpaper, and decals — to produce large - scale works that push the experiential possibilities
of art.
avaf aaxé vatapá alegria feijão, 2008 Wool, silk and artificial silk tapestry with metallic thread details 3.5 x 2.05 m (11» 6» x 6» 8») Edition
of 5 Copyright
avaf.