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The Armory Show March 7-10, 2013 Pier 94, booth 907 New York, NY assume vivid astro focus will be presenting a group of brand new works at the upcoming armory show with The Suzanne Geiss Company. The installation is comprised of two paintings, a wallpaper and a neon piece and it's part of Armory Focus, a section inside the fair curated by Andy Warhol Museum's director, Eric Shiner. |
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Frieze interview January - February, 2013 |
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Pop Politics: Activisms at 33 Revolutions CA2M, Madrid, Spain Group show curated by Iván López Munuera November 30th, 2012 - April 21st, 2013 This exhibition explores the confluence of political action and Pop music through contemporary art practices. As the exhibition reveals, art-making is a means of addressing current cultural production from specific ideological stances expressed through personal empowerment practices, shared spaces, the viewer´s emancipated gaze, mass media, and an approach and reconnection of diverse information. For this show avaf will be displaying a grouping of 32 of their "Cyclops Trannies" drawings (2011) from a private collection against "antes vulgar agora fino" (2011) wallpaper. Featured artists include assume vivid astro focus, Gabriel Acevedo Velarde, William Cordova, Red Caballo, Discoteca Flaming Star, Jeremy Deller & Nick Abrahams, Luke Fowler, Till Gerhard, Luis Jacob, Jeleton, Kalup Linzy, Jennie Livingston, Christian Marclay, Ryan McGinley, Momu & No Es, Dave Muller, Raymond Pettibon, Mickalene Thomas, among others. |
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antes vulgar agora fino #1 (in collaboration with Honeygun Labs) 2012 video |
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antes vulgar agora fino #2 (in collaboration with Honeygun Labs) 2012 video |
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always vomit after formalities (in collaboration with Honeygun Labs) 2012 video |
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Private Collection 3 September 2012 |
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Festa Panorama Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo August 23, 2012 avaf was invited by the Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo to create the environment for the museum's 2012 gala party. This benefitparty was organized by MAM's group of young collectors Núcleo Contemporâneo and raised funds for the museum's bi-annual exhibition of Contemporary Brazilian art, Panorama da Arte Brasileira. The immersive installation included a projection-mapped façade on Oscar Niemeyer's OCA on Ibirapuera park (right next to the São Paulo Biennale building) featuring one of avaf's kaleidoscopic animations along with interior installations with wall panels and color fluorescent lights, balloons featuring different words in portuguese with the avaf initials, new masks, etc. |
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Citizen M Hotel, London Bankside Permanent installation July 2012 Citizen M Hotel commissioned avaf to create a floor-to-ceiling mural in the lobby of their London hotel, just blocks away from the Tate Modern. The mural joins works by Hans ob de Beeck, Mark Titchner, Mario Testino, and Gavin Turk on view throughout the hotel. |
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Gisele Bündchen poses for Patrick Demarchelier Vogue Brazil June 2012 For Vogue Brazil's June 2012 issue, Gisele Bündchen was photographed by Patrick Demarchelier in front of unique artworks by avaf. |
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The Lift Bloomberg Building, 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY July 12 - August 31, 2012 From Bloomberg and Art 21, The Lift is an exhibition presented in the many elevators at Bloomberg's headquarters in New York. avaf's kaleidoscopic environments, which extend over six elevator cars, join the work of artists Kiki Smith, and Andrea Zittel in this transformative, site-specific project. |
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Visionare 62 : Rio July 2012 For Visionaire 62 Rio, the iconoclastic magazine features a series of 3D work by artists Maurizio Cattelan, Pierpaolo Ferrari, Marilyn Minter, Richard Phillips, Vik Muniz, avaf, and video artist Marco Brambilla that aim to reinterpret Rio de Janero. In the nineteenth century, stereoscopes provided a primary source of imagery and news from faraway lands and, here, Visionaire 62: Rio takes a decidedly analogue approach to achieve the same mesmerizing effect. |
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Lilian Pacce Interviews Eli Sudbrack GNT Fashion, Brazil July 5th, 2012 Lilian Pacce of GNT Fashion visited Eli' Sudbrack's Sao Paulo studio to learn about his experience working with Lady Gaga and what it is like to collaborate with major fashion brands such as Amapô and Comme des Garçons. |
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Artspace prints June 2012 avaf created several exclusive prints for Artspace. |
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Art21 + avaf Comboworks Art 21, Inc. New York, NY June 2012 In a special collaboration with the non-profit Art21, avaf invites the global creative community to participate in comboworks by submitting their own acronyms. A recurring motif throughout avaf's work has been the play on "avaf" as a multi-dimensional, ever-morphing acronym. Phrases using the four letters have been used as titles for works and exhibitions, even appearing in different combinations their email signatures. Participants input a four-word combination in the comboworks website, which outputs an image of the submitted phrase displayed in a custom "LED" typeface designed by the artists, allowing for each "combo" image to be shared across platforms. |
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Unframed Benefit AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, New York June 5th, 2012 The 2012 installment of ACRIA's storied Unframed benefit auction was guest-curated by Michael Cunningham, who selected 20 contemporary artists in honor of ACRIA's 20th year. All artists donate works to ACRIA to raise much-needed funds for this important organization. The event was presented by Architectural Digest. avaf created four prints of "Demolition Trannies" specially for the ACRIA event. |
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avaf for KitchenAid "Custom" Brazil S/A, Milan and SP-Arte, São Paulo, 2012 avaf was one of seven Brazilian artists selected to create a custom KitchenAid mixer for the company's collaborative exhibition "Custom," with Brazil S/A, Milan and SP-Arte, São Paulo. All proceeds from the works sale benefited Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. |
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Obama Ladies silkscreen prints Casa Triângulo at SP-Arte, São Paulo, 2012 As part of their programming for the 2012 installment of SP-Arte, Casa Triângulo displayed a series of new avaf's Obama Ladies silkscreen prints. |
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Art 21 Short: assume vivid astro focus: Masks Art 21, Inc. New York, NY May 30th, 2012 Filmed in Eli Sudbrack's Brooklyn studio, he discusses the motivations behind the collective's use of masks during public events and installations. Originally created to enjoy personal anonymity at openings, avaf has continued to use masks in their work as a way to create equality between itself and the audience and to encourage free personal expression. Masks have had an important role in avaf's numerous projects. |
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Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) prints April 2012 avaf's Eli Sudbrack was invited by PNCA to participate in a printmaking workshop and collaborate with the staff and students to create a new set of Obama Ladies prints as a continuation of the collective's new series. |
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Visiting Artist Lecture: Eli Sudbrack of avaf Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon April 12, 2012 6:30 - 8:00 pm As part of PNCA's Intermedia lecture and residency series, avaf's Eli Sudbrack was invited to lecture on multimedia art making and collaboration. As a vehicle to describe avaf's diverse practice and conceptual and cultural motivations, Eli walked the audience through avaf's recently published monograph in a book tour lecture/performance. While at PNCA, Eli also created a series of prints with the aid of students and professors in the print-making department. |
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Art 21 Season 6 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Art 21, Inc. New York, NY April 20th, 2012 "Art in the Twenty-First Century", season six chronicles thirteen profiles of artists from five continents through thematic episodes covering: Change, Balance, History, and Boundaries. In the episode "Boundaries," avaf discusses the weaving together of differences that drives the remote nature of their collaborative process. Here, Eli speaks on how he and Christophe combine their practices across Brazil, New York, and Paris. |
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Amapô collaboration Winter 2012 collection Brazilian based design-house Amapô incorporated avaf sketches for different projects and created new custom textile designs for their winter 2012 collection. |
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Galeria Melissa Melissa, New York and Brazil February 2012 For the grand opening of Galerie Melisssa in New York, the Brazilian company commissioned avaf to create an animated video, glittering mural, and neon-light installation for the white gallery boutique. The space will house a rotation of art installations throughout the year. |
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Goldman Properties, Wynwood Walls Pop-up Shop Goldman Properties, Wynwood, Miami December 2011 For Art Basel Miami 2011, Goldman Properties hosted the first Wynwood Walls pop-up shop and gallery space showcasing exclusive artworks by the celebrated artists who contributed to the mural project. avaf contributed a series of limited edition t-shirts seen here. |