Chromosaturation
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Chromosaturation
A pioneer of kinetic and optical art, Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923, Caracas;
d. 2019, Paris) developed a singular visual language grounded in color, movement, and viewer participation. Through rigorous experimentation, he reconceived painting as a dynamic process, emphasizing color not as a fixed atribute but as a constantly shifting phenomenon.
As Cruz-Diez's most accomplished effort to project color into space as a livea, participatory experience, chromosaturation marked a turning polnt in his career. Conceived in 1965 and first exhibited in 1968, the installation consists of three interconnected chambers, each illuminated in a single hue: red, green, and blue. Immersed in this monochrome environment, the viewer experiences a kind of retinal overload, confronting the limits of visual perception. The work underscores color as an inherent property of light-a physical, temporal phenomenon that unfolds in real time as the
vewer moves inrouon the soace
By reimaginina color as
an emaodled encolnter Cnromosatraton
exemplifies Cruz-Diez's vital role in the experimental practices of the
1960s and 70s, which shifted the focus from static art objects to
participatory situations unal engage ine boay, une senses, and suelective experience. His radical approach to perception anticipated tne immersive and experiential strategies that define much of contemporary art today.
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Chromosaturation is organized by Iberia Pérez González, PAMM's
Andrew W. Mellon Caribbean Cultural Institute Curatorial Associate.
Chromosaturation
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Chromosaturation
A pioneer of kinetic and optical art, Carlos Cruz-Diez (b. 1923, Caracas;
d. 2019, Paris) developed a singular visual language grounded in color, movement, and viewer participation. Through rigorous experimentation, he reconceived painting as a dynamic process, emphasizing color not as a fixed atribute but as a constantly shifting phenomenon.
As Cruz-Diez's most accomplished effort to project color into space as a livea, participatory experience, chromosaturation marked a turning polnt in his career. Conceived in 1965 and first exhibited in 1968, the installation consists of three interconnected chambers, each illuminated in a single hue: red, green, and blue. Immersed in this monochrome environment, the viewer experiences a kind of retinal overload, confronting the limits of visual perception. The work underscores color as an inherent property of light-a physical, temporal phenomenon that unfolds in real time as the
vewer moves inrouon the soace
By reimaginina color as
an emaodled encolnter Cnromosatraton
exemplifies Cruz-Diez's vital role in the experimental practices of the
1960s and 70s, which shifted the focus from static art objects to
participatory situations unal engage ine boay, une senses, and suelective experience. His radical approach to perception anticipated tne immersive and experiential strategies that define much of contemporary art today.
Carlos Cruz-Diez: Chromosaturation is organized by Iberia Pérez González, PAMM's
Andrew W. Mellon Caribbean Cultural Institute Curatorial Associate.