Assume Vivid Astro Focus - Hardcover

Cay Sophie Rabinowitz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847833054 ISBN 13: 9780847833054

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, 2010

Synopsis

The first book on the artist collective known for their raucous multimedia installations. Founded by artist Eli Sudbrack, assume vivid astro focus has been dazzling the art world since 1994 with its exuberant, visually spectacular room-size installations. Created out of recycled and appropriated imagery from a wide range of sources--such as unicorn tapestries, children's stickers, pages from gay porn magazines, album covers, Buddhist thangka paintings, and street graffiti, to name a few--the finished works can feel like a cross between a '70s disco, Brazilian Carnival, and a psychedelic version of Andy Warhol's Factory. This volume, their first, will include many of the elements featured in their installations, which are known for the many "give-aways" the artists provide the visitors: a blow-in poster, postcard and sticker pages, and a pop-up, all designed by avaf.

About this title

Review:

'...manages to capture the overwhelming intensity and colourful insanity at the heart of the Assume Vivid Astro Focus.' --Dazed and Confused, January 2011

About the Author:

Cay Sophie Rabinowitz was a senior editor at Parkette magazine for seven years. She has written numerous articles for publications including Artforum and Interview. Natalie Kovacs is a Toronto-based curator.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0847833054
• ISBN 13: 9780847833054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272