Chromophobia

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128 pages
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6 color plates
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5.75 x 8.25
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
1. Whitescapes
2. Chromophobia
3. Apocalypstick
4. Hanunoo
5. Chromophilia
References
Select Bibliography and Filmography
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
2. Chromophobia
3. Apocalypstick
4. Hanunoo
5. Chromophilia
References
Select Bibliography and Filmography
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Review Quotes
Karen Rosenberg | New York Times
"A thorough and witty cultural history of color."
James Meyer | Artforum
"A provocative contribution to the discourse of color theory."
Dave Hickey | Bookforum
"Full of good writing, good anecdotes, devastating quotes, deft arguments, and just the sort of mysterious anomalies one would expect from an artist writing about the enemies of his practice."
RA (Royal Academy Magazine)
"This beautifully produced book is an intelligent and provocative essay on why Western culture hates and fears colour. The prose is cumulative and passionate in its effect and widely referential—from Barthes to Melville, Wim Wenders to Huysmans. . . . You cannot fail to be stimulated by his thoughts"
Tema Celeste
"Batchelor has found an irresistible selection of anecdotes and quotes relating to the experience of color. . . . Thoughtful and entertaining."
Time Out London
"A hugely entertaining guide to our ongoing obsession with white."
iD Magazine
"Switching from novels and movies to art and architecture, Batchelor clearly and cleverly traces the cultural implications of the 100 year-plus Colour War between Chromophobes like Le Corbusier, with their hosannas to whiteness, and Chromophiliacs like Warhol, the great artist of cosmetics. A succinct book of art theory which goes down smoothly."
New Art Examiner
"A theoretical and cultural banquet. . . . The book’s narrative quality goes beyond the telling of color theory’s history and other approaches to color, coming to read like a psychological thriller: how the West crushed color—or at least thought it did so."
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