Juxtapoz Magazine - Lullaby's for the Living: Theresa Chromati @ MASSIMODECARLO Piece Unique, Paris

"Theresa Chromati takes over MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique. Lullaby's for the Living is an invitation to step through the looking glass, only this time, to discover what lies beyond the gallery's vast window, turned portal, ornate with the outline of one of Chromati's whimsical scrotum flowers ushering us in. Discussing her multifaceted artistic practice, Chromati explains that her work is often anchored around a recurring central female figure, maneuvering through space and time, depicted in a state of becoming."

"Tying all three visuals together, Chromati's scrotum flower punctuates the exhibition with its presence, apearing first on the window, and reappears in each painting. Perhaps best defined as a companion, or element of support to her female central figure, the scrotum flower is Chromat's visual expression of the union of masculine and feminine energy, a totem for balance and power throughout her practice."

"I Am the Sweet Nectar I Long to Taste ( acceptance ) is a compact, virtuous blend of bright apricot orange, baby pink and crimson red that fill the canvas to the brim against a contrasting backdrop of light blue and deep purple. These colors are activated by energetic, rhythmic, whimsical black lines and glitter, that create a sense of perpetual movement on the canvas surface."

Lullaby's for the Living transforms the gallery window into an ornate portal framed by a whimsical scrotum flower, inviting entry into a space of becoming. A recurring central female figure moves through space and time, embodying uncertainty and the moment before decisive action. Chromati works across painting, sculpture, sound and installation, deploying companion visual elements that form a pictorial vocabulary. Two large-scale paintings explore emotional and intellectual research of being and becoming. The scrotum flower operates as companion and totem, symbolizing the union of masculine and feminine energy and expanding throughout the gallery. One painting uses apricot, pink, crimson, blue and purple energized by rhythmic black lines and glitter to produce perpetual surface movement.

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