chromophilia

chro·mo·phil·i·a

(krō'mō-fil'ē-ă),

The property possessed by most cells of staining readily with appropriate dyes.

Synonym(s): chromatophilia

[chromo- + G. phileō, to love]

chro·mo·phil·i·a

(krō'mō-fil'ē-ă)

The property possessed by most cells of staining readilywith appropriate dyes.
Synonym(s): chromatophilia.

[chromo- + G. phileō, to love]

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However, Vilasini's objective approach defers judgment, presenting them instead as a celebration of unapologetic chromophilia. In the related Housing Dreams (3rd Investigation), 2015, Vilasini documented rural houses with similarly eye-catching exteriors, which also feature handpainted advertisements for products ranging from engine oil to underwear, to show how capitalist logic overtakes even the domestic sphere.

Vivek Vilasini: 1X1 ART GALLERY

To this current of chromophobia, however, there has long been a counter-tradition of chromophilia. Where some have been suspicious of colour because it seems immaterial, irrational and deeply pleasurable, others have exalted it for those very same reasons.

Chromophobia: as several exhibitions in London show, colour obsesses many artists--so why do critics dismiss this interest as decorative--or worse?

So Owens and her peers flaunted chromophilia, shoplifted form from formalism, dealt in craftiness and sentimentality--things both brash and fussy--and cracked jokes.