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...

This first monograph on the oeuvre of Kon Trubkovich (born 1979) surveys the Russian artist's career in color reproductions and in-depth critical discussion, traversing the period from his first museum exhibition in 2006 to the present day. His works delve into themes of rebellion, memory, imprisonment and perception through a wide variety of media, including painting, drawing, photography and sculpture. Trubkovich's multimedia creations are generally based upon film stills, sourced from videos that range from prison footage to found movie clips and home videos. Extended across a series,...

Osmos Magazine is -an art magazine about the use and abuse of photography, - explains founder and editor Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (formerly of Parkett and Fantom). The magazine is divided into thematic sections--some traditional, such as -Portfolio, - -Stories- and -Reportage---and others more idiosyncratic, such as -Eye of the Beholder, - where gallerists discuss the talents they showcase; and -Means to an End, - about the side effects of nonartistic image production.
This issue features Tom McDonough on Joy Episalla, a conversation with Gillian Wearing about her 20...

OSMOS Magazine is -an art magazine about the use and abuse of photography, - explains founder and editor Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (formerly of Parkett and Fantom). The magazine is divided into thematic sections--some traditional, such as -Portfolio, - -Stories- and -Reportage---and others more idiosyncratic, such as -Eye of the Beholder, - where gallerists discuss the talents they showcase; and -Means to an End, - on the side effects of non-artistic image production. This issue, OSMOS Magazine #12, with a stunning cover by conceptual photographer Bing Wright, features...

OSMOS Magazine is -an art magazine about the use and abuse of photography, - explains founder and editor Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (formerly of Parkett and Fantom). The magazine is divided into thematic sections--some traditional, such as -Portfolio, - -Stories- and -Reportage---and others more idiosyncratic, such as -Eye of the Beholder, - where gallerists discuss the talents they showcase; and -Means to an End, - on the side effects of non-artistic image production. This issue includes a feature by contributing editor Tom McDonough on photographer Eileen Quinlan, reportage...