Chromosaturation MFAH
Artist
Carlos Cruz-Diez(Venezuelan, 1923–2019)Venezuelan, 1923–2019
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
- Chromosaturation MFAH
Date1965 / 2017, installed 2020
MediumLight installation
DimensionsVariable
Credit LineMuseum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2019.694
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Cherie And Jim Flores Tunnel
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistorySince this work is a site-specific commission, the MFAH will be the first and only venue to exhibit the piece.
Published References Benko, Susana. A todo color: Carlos Cruz-Diez. Mexico City: Fundación Carlos Cruz-Diez, 2013. Chanson, Marion and Carlos Cruz-Diez. L’ Atelier de Carlos Cruz-Diez. Paris: Thalia Editions, 2011. Fajardo-Hill, Cecilia and Mari Carmen Ramírez. Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance & Ambiguity of Color. New York: Maxwell Davidson Gallery, 2013. Jiménez, Ariel. Carlos Cruz-Diez: in Conversation with Ariel Jiménez. New York: Fundación Cisneros Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, 2010. Pierre, Arnauld. Cruz-Diez. Paris: SNELA La Diférence, 2008. Ramírez, Mari Carmen and Olea, Héctor. Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time. New Haven: Yale University Press and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010. Rangel, Gabriela. Carlos Cruz-Diez: (In)formed by Color. New York: The Americas Society, 2009. Ruiz, Alma. Supra-sensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011. Schara, Julio César. Carlos Cruz-Diez y el arte cinético. Mexico City: Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 2001. Suárez, Osbel. Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color Happens. Cuenca, Spain: Fundación Juan March, 2009. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Three chromo-cubicles (fluorescent light with blue, red, and green filters)
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![Crosswalks of Additive Color [Intersection of Main St. and Bissonnet St.]](/internal/media/dispatcher/130477/thumbnail)
Carlos Cruz-Diez
designed c.1960, executed 2011
Paint on pavement
2009.523.1-.5
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Carlos Cruz-Diez
designed c.1960, executed 2009
Paint on pavement
2009.523.1
![Additive Color Crosswalk [Northside intersection of Main St. and Bissonnet]](/internal/media/dispatcher/303980/thumbnail)
Carlos Cruz-Diez
designed c.1960, executed 2009
Paint on pavement
2009.523.2
Ólafur Elíasson
2020
Light installation
2019.690
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1964–2017
Chromography on aluminum and elastic cord
2021.332
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1973
Extruded PVC, casein (Plaka), fumed transparent PVC inserts, mounted on wood with aluminum strip frame
2011.216
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2014
Screenprinted aluminum modules and acrylic (Plexiglas) inserts, with aluminum strip frame
2018.31
Carlos Cruz-Diez
1990
Screenprint, edition 38/50
2015.73
Carlos Cruz-Diez
1959
PVA (Flashe) on chipboard
2008.231