{"id":449214,"date":"2025-01-28T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=449214"},"modified":"2025-01-28T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:12:44","slug":"chromotherapia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/01\/chromotherapia\/","title":{"rendered":"A Provocative Photography Exhibition Invites You to Experience &#8216;Chromotherapia&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a portrait of a man in a brown suit, sitting on a brown leather couch, covered in spaghetti\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-5.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-5-640x419.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-5-960x629.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-5-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-5-1536x1006.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, &#8220;Toiiletpaper.&#8221; Image courtesy of &#8216;Toiletpaper.&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">A Provocative Photography Exhibition Invites You to Experience &#8216;Chromotherapia&#8217;<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-28T10:12:43-06:00\">January 28, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-books\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/books\/\" rel=\"tag\">Books<\/a><a class=\"category-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/photography\/\" rel=\"tag\">Photography<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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Today, vibrant images are embraced in a wide range of fields, from fine art and fashion to advertising and journalism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Championing the potential of the medium, artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perrotin.com\/artists\/Maurizio_Cattelan\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maurizio Cattelan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/villamedici.it\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">French Academy in Rome\u2014Villa Medici<\/a> director Sam Stourdz\u00e9 curated <em>Chromotherapia: The Feel-Good Color Photography<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-3-960x640.jpeg\" alt=\"a photograph of a pair of hands folding a very large doughnut\" class=\"wp-image-449218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-3-960x640.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-3-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-3.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Martin Parr, &#8220;Common Sense.&#8221; Image \u00a9 Magnum Photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromotherapy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Color therapy<\/a>, though deemed a pseudoscience, has its roots in color theory, which focuses on interactions between hues and how they affect our moods and emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cattelan and Stourdz\u00e9 emphasize ebullient hyperreality, humor, and the absurd through works like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.junocalypso.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Juno Calypso<\/a>\u2019s &#8220;Chicken Dogs,&#8221; in which an anonymous figure lies face-down next to a can of hot dogs, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/walter-chandoha\/\">Walter Candoha<\/a>\u2019s expressive pets. And in &#8220;Toiletpaper,&#8221; by Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, who co-founded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toiletpapermagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">magazine<\/a> of the same name in 2010, a man sits on a tan couch, wearing a matching suit, covered in spaghetti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, twenty artists explore a range of approaches in the exhibition, from portraits of people and animals to food and uncanny tableaux. &#8220;Many have freed themselves from the documentary function of the photographic medium to explore the common roots of the image and the imaginary, flirting with pop art, surrealism, bling, kitsch, and the baroque,&#8221; says a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chromotherapia <\/em>opens February 28 and continues through June 9 in Rome, and an accompanying catalogue published by Damiani is slated for release in March in the U.K. and May in the U.S. Pre-order your copy in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/collections\/books\/products\/chromotherapia\">Colossal Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1-960x1120.jpeg\" alt=\"cover of the book 'Chromotherapia' with a photograph of a white kitten sitting on a stack of three silk pillows\" class=\"wp-image-449216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1-960x1120.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1-640x747.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1-768x896.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1-1316x1536.jpeg 1316w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1-1755x2048.jpeg 1755w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-1.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cover of &#8216;Chromotherapia&#8217; (2025). Featured image by Walter Chandoha, &#8220;New Jersey&#8221; (1962). Image \u00a9\ufe0f Walter Chandoha Archive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-2-960x627.jpg\" alt=\"a photograph of a woman, face down on a tile floor, with her hair over her face and an open can of hot dogs next to her\" class=\"wp-image-449217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-2-960x627.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-2-640x418.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-2-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-2-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Juno Calypso, &#8220;Chicken Dogs&#8221; (2015), archival pigment print. Image \u00a9 Courtesy the artist and TJ Boulting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-960x1280.jpeg\" alt=\"a photograph by William Wegman of a weimaraner wearing a red puff jacket and a knitted hat\" class=\"wp-image-449215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-960x1280.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-7-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William Wegman, &#8220;Ski Patrol&#8221; (2017). Image courtesy of Galerie George-Philippe &#038; Nathalie Vallois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4-960x1133.jpg\" alt=\"a portrait of four cats on a blue background, on the back cover of a book with a pink cover\" class=\"wp-image-449219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4-960x1133.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4-640x756.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4-768x907.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4-1301x1536.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4-1735x2048.jpg 1735w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chromatherapia-4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The back cover of Damiani\u2019s catalogue for the exhibition &#8216;Chromotherapia: The Feel-Good Color Photography,&#8217; 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