AES+F

TATIANA ARZA­MASO­VA

Born Moscow, Rus­sia, 1955

Lives and Works in Moscow

LEV EVZOVICH

Born Moscow, Rus­sia, 1958

Lives and works in Moscow

EVGE­NY SVYATSKY

Born Moscow, Rus­sia, 1957

Lives and works in Moscow

VLADIMIR FRID­KES

Born Moscow, Rus­sia, 1956

Lives and works in Moscow

AES Group was formed in 1987 by con­cep­tu­al archi­tects Tatiana Arza­maso­va and Lev Evzovich and mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary design­er Evge­ny Svy­atsky. The group expand­ed with the addi­tion of pho­tog­ra­ph­er Vladimir Frid­kes in 1995, becom­ing AES+F.

AES+F is known for their the­atri­cal and ornate aes­thet­ic, which unfolds across sweep­ing mul­ti-chan­nel video ani­ma­tions. Their works com­ment on con­sumerism, pop­u­lar cul­ture and mass media, reli­gion and luxury.

AES+F came to inter­na­tion­al promi­nence with the film tril­o­gy Last Riot, The Feast of Tri­mal­chio, and Alle­go­ria Sacra. Unit­ed as The Tril­o­gy, this series was most recent­ly pre­sent­ed at the Mar­tin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, and Moscow Manège.

Pub­lic col­lec­tions include: Musée Nation­al d’Art Mod­erne, Cen­tre Pom­pi­dou, Paris; Moscow Muse­um of Con­tem­po­rary Art, Moscow; Mod­er­na Museet, Stock­holm Neue Galerie, Graz; ZKM,Karlsruhe; Art Gallery of South Aus­tralia, Ade­laide; MONA / Muse­um of Old and New Art, Hobart; FNAC / Fonds Nation­al d’Art Con­tem­po­rain, Paris; Louis Vuit­ton Foun­da­tion for Cre­ation, Paris; Les Abat­toirs, Toulouse; Samm­lung Goetz, Munich and The State Russ­ian Muse­um, Saint Petersburg.

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