assume vivid astro focus (avaf) is both an alias of Brazilian-born New York-based artist Eli Sudbrack,Wilson, Michael (2003) "Assume Vivid Astro Focus: Deitch Projects.(New York)(artist's work is combination of psychedelia and glam, pop kitsch and kitsch pop)", '' Artforum International'', October 1, 2003 and the name of an international group of visual and performance artists, with French multimedia artist Christophe Hamaide-Pierson one of the main collaborators.Hauser, Ethan (2009)
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'', February 23, 2009, retrieved 2010-02-21 Sudbrack was born in 1968 and moved to New York in 1998.Finkel, Lori (2005)
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, ''The New York Times'', October 9, 2005, retrieved 2010-02-21 He first exhibited in New York in 2000, at which time he used the name Superastrolab, switching to assume vivid astro focus in 2001, the name always rendered in lowercase. avaf's work includes painting, drawing, photography, film and digital technology.Cotter, Holland (2002)

, ''The New York Times'', June 21, 2002, retrieved 2010-02-21 Artists collaborating in assume vivid astro focus projects have included:

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;

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, Melissa Stabile de Mello, Fábio Gurjão, Desi Santiago, Kleber Matheus, Giles Round, Malcolm Stuart, Honeygun Labs (

Bec Stupak Bec Stupak (born 1974) is a video and performance artist working in Brooklyn, New York. Her work uses collage, repetition and shifting fields of bright color to create psychedelic animations and films. She got her start early on as a VJ at raves, ...

), Rick Castro; Vava Dudu, Carla Machado, Renata Abbade, Rodrigo Garcia Dutra, JK5 (Joseph Ari Aloi), Pipa Ambrogi, Marco Boggio Sella, Cibelle Cavalli, Carolina Gold, Black Meteoric Star (aka Gavin Russom), Silvia Moraes, and Melissa Stabile de Mello. avaf has been featured in Art Forum, Frieze, Flash Art, L'Uomo Vogue, V Magazine, W Magazine, and a catalogue was recently published by the Whitney Museum of American Art for the 2004 Whitney Biennial. avaf is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection. avaf is currently based in New York and Paris, and is represented by John Connelly Presents, New York, and Peres Projects, Berlin/LA. The name derives from two musical sources:

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's album ''Assume Power Focus'', and the band

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Exhibitions

Recent avaf collective exhibitions include: * Tropicália, curated by Carlos Basualdo,

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, London, UK,

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* Trial Ballons/Globos Sonda, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Agustin Pérez Rubio, and Octavio Zaya, MUSAC, León, Spain * Infinite Painting, curated by

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and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, Italy. *"absolutely venomous accurately fallacious (Naturally Delicious)," Deitch Projects, New York *"In Living Contact," 28th São Paulo Biennial, curated by Ivo Mesquita, São Paulo, Brazil *"FAUX DARK SHADA RUSTIC MONIQUES," Hiromi Yoshii Gallery. Tokyo, Japan *"Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Tokyo, Japan *"Destroy Athens," Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece *"a very anxious feeling," John Connelly Presents, New York *"Abra Vana Allucinete Fogo," Casa Triangulo, São Paulo, Brazil *"butch queen realness with a twist of pastel color," John Connelly Presents, New York, USA *"Open Call," Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria *"The Garden Party", Deitch Projects, New York *"absorb viral attack fantasy", Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan *"assume vivid astro focus XVI", Galeria Massimo de Carlo (project space), Milan, Italy *"Panic Room" works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens *"Ecstasy: In and About Altered States," Museum of Contemporary Art, The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles, California *"Infinite Painting," Villa Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy *"assume vivid astro focus XII",

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, Liverpool, England *"assume vivid astro focus XIX", Hotel, London *"assume vivid astro focus XX", Galerie Art: Concept *"Off the Wall Series", Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, *"assume vivid astro focus XIV" (in collaboration with Elmgreen and Dragset), Galeria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Fall/Winter, 2005 *"assume vivid astro focus XII", Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England *"ReACT: An Evening of Performance/A Day Without Art," group show featuring avaf as well as Reena Spaulings,

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, and

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; curated by

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, 2003, New York. Sudbrack has had solo projects at: * Massimo de Carlo Gallery, Milan, Italy * Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan * Galeria Triangulo, São Paulo, Brazil *

Deitch Projects Jeffrey Deitch (pronounced ''DIE-tch'';Mike Boehm (January 12, 2010)L.A.'s MOCA picks art dealer Jeffrey Deitch as director''Los Angeles Times''. born 1952) is an American art dealer and curator. He is best known for his gallery Deitch Projects ...

, New York peresprojects.com/artist-works/12/0/

References

External links

www.assumevividastrofocus.com

avaf page at Peres Projects

Tate Liverpool exhibition in 2005
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