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assume vivid astro focus "Cyclops Trannies" November 2011 - January 28 2012 The Suzanne Geiss Company presents "Cyclops Trannies," a new series of drawings by assume vivid astro focus (avaf). Installed on a gestural wallpaper designed by the artists, fifty paint-marker portraits of trannies live amidst jubilant deconstruction. Subjects, viewers, and surroundings fuse and refract in a mash-up of visual flamboyancy and re-imagined identity. Animated by the metrics of female representation, avaf analyzes the hyper-feminine with humor. Here, pre and post-op trannies acknowledge a desire for the ideal womanly body. Monumental lips and glittering eyes mix with rococo getups and pop-culture detritus. The pastiches reveal a 21st century, downtown "keeping up with the Jones's." The installation developed from avaf's unique method of signing their monograph, which was published by Rizzoli in 2010. In addition to scrawling their signature, the artists invented individualized trannies for each book buyer. In "Cyclops Trannies," the artists enhance this process, using tear sheets from the monograph as backdrop for their exuberantly detailed characters. The wallpaper, too, reflects their technique in it's zooming in on paint-marker blot papers. "Cyclops Trannies" will be on view from November 8, 2011 until January 2012. The opening of the installation coincides with Gaga's Workshop, a collaboration between Lady Gaga and avaf's for the Barneys Holiday 2011 campaign. |
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The Space Between Now and Then anfibios voladores alargadamente fabulosos, 2011 anfibios voladores alargadamente fabulosos, 2011 wallpaper and neon installation Group show at OMR, Mexico City, Mexico Curated by Natalie Kovacs and Cristobal Riestra |
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Projeto Travessias alterações vividas absolutamente fantasiosas, 2011 Different color detergent bottles hung on a wood structure. Local community can exchange empty plastic bottles by full ones. Group show at Favela da Maré (Maré's Shanty Town), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Curated by Daniela Labra, Frederico Coelho e Luisa Duarte From November 26th till December 18th, 2011 Photos by Rosilene Miliotti and EdMilson de Lima |
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gaga’s workshop at barneys new york Barneys New York announces today its Holiday 2011 campaign: GAGA’S WORKSHOP. A unique collaboration between Lady Gaga and renowned creative talents of artists Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide Pierson of Assume Vivid Astro Focus (AVAF), and Mugler Creative Director and Lady Gaga Fashion Director, Nicola Formichetti, to create Lady Gaga’s interpretation of the iconic Santa’s Workshop. For the first time ever, Barneys New York will convert an entire floor of its Madison Avenue flagship for the holiday initiative. Starting in mid-November, GAGA’S WORKSHOP will be brought to life throughout the fifth floor of the Men’s Store and the store’s iconic Madison Avenue windows. Working with the Barneys New York team under the direction of Creative Director, Dennis Freedman, AVAF has designed the signature artwork for GAGA’S WORKSHOP, shown here exclusively on The Window for the first time, which will also be featured on special holiday shopping bags and packaging. Known for their visually spectacular and multimedia installations, AVAF’s work will be seen throughout GAGA’S WORKSHOP in the Madison Avenue flagship store and windows, as well as through the various materials and products. Barneys New York has also worked closely with Lady Gaga under the creative direction of Nicola Formichetti to design a range of exclusive, small gift items, which will be available for a limited time only at GAGA’S WORKSHOP. In addition to GAGA’S WORKSHOP in New York, a selection of items from the collection will also be available at Barneys New York locations nationwide and online at Barneys.com. |
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Artwork for Melissa’s concept store façade and interior São Paulo, Brazil |