Five Girls in a Car #1 by Miles Aldridge. Photography by Miles Aldridge.
Italy is a hotbed of creativity every spring, thanks to the Salone de Mobile in Milan and the Biennale di Venezia in Venice. This year, fairgoers may want to add a stop in Rome for “Chromotherapia: The Feel-Good Color Photography” at Villa Medici. According to the American Medical Association, it may even be healthy for them to do so, as color can impact mood, cognitive function, anxiety levels, and overall psychological well-being. Indeed, even just a gander at the rich reds in images by Martin Parr and William Wegman, who are among the 19 artists featured in the exhibition showcasing more than 200 works categorized into seven “chapters,” can energize and stimulate, while Adrienne Raquel’s petal pink and crisp white have a more clarifying affect. The show is cocurated by Villa Medici director Sam Stourdzé and artist Maurizio Cattelan, the latter also contributing a photograph created with Pierpaolo Ferrari, cofounder of the magazine Toiletpaper. Fittingly, the subject is covered in spaghetti.
Among the 19 artists and 200-plus works in “Chromotherapia: The Feel-Good Color Photography,” an exhibition at the French Academy in Rome–Villa Medici through June 9, is a Martin Parr image from his book Common Sense. Photography by Martin Parr and Magnum Photos.
Five Girls in a Car #1 by Miles Aldridge. Photography by Miles Aldridge.
Mirror Mirror by Adrienne Raquel. Photography by Adrienne Raquel.
Ski Patrol by William Wegman. Photography by William Wegman and Galerie George-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois.