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achromatism

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a·chro·ma·tism (-krm-tzm, -kr-)
n.
1. The quality of being achromatic.
2. The correction of chromatic aberration by combining lenses of different refractive indexes and different dispersion.
achromatism [ah-kro´mah-tizm]
the quality or the condition of being achromatic.
achromatism
the quality or the condition of being achromatic; staining with difficulty.
achromatism 
1. The condition of being totally colour blind. Syn. achromatopsia.
2. Absence of colour.
3. Condition of a lens or an optical system corrected for, or free from, chromatic aberration. See monochromat.
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DANIELLA DOOLING Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York NY January 11 * February 9, 2008 A startling achromatism characterizes Daniella Dooling's second solo at Michael Steinberg, "The Silver Locusts.
Daniella Dooling by Winston, Helena / ArtUS
The non-naming of race, for instance, may seem to constitute an achromatism which reverses apartheid, but that would be a politically naive definition of apartheid as purely prohibition of interracial sex.
Translations in the yard of Africa by Wicomb, Zoe / Journal of Literary Studies
The most explicit painting here is Interlude, 1999, whose near achromatism rec alls The Tender Trap, 1998, one of the best works in Brown's Deitch show.
CECILY BROWN by Schwabsky, Barry / Artforum International
 
 
 
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