Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Chromosaturation for a public alley, Paris, 1965-2012 is exhibited at Hangar Y as part of the Park: Art Walk from March 30th 2024 to March 31 2025.
Designed in Paris in 1965, Chromosaturation is an artificial environment made up of three colored chambers - one blue, one red and one green - which immerse visitors in a situation of absolute monochromy.
The disruption this experience causes in the retina of the viewer, accustomed to perceiving a wide range of colors simultaneously, acts as a detonator and awakens the following notion in the viewer's consciousness: color is a material, physical situation that takes place in space and time without the aid of form or any support, and independently of any cultural convention.
Here, Cruz-Diez proposes a succession of colorful atmospheres, allowing the viewer to see the transfiguration of his or her immediate surroundings; a simple situation that awakens the perception and sensitivity of the viewer.
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