Theresa Chromati
Stepping Towards My Darkest Bits to Hear a Familiar Song. The Words Have Changed, But the Melody Caresses Me All the Same (Woman Led by Her Intuition, Supported by Scrotum Flowers)
2020
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Theresa Chromati
Stepping Towards My Darkest Bits to Hear a Familiar Song. The Words Have Changed, But the Melody Caresses Me All the Same (Woman Led by Her Intuition, Supported by Scrotum Flowers)
2020
Physical Qualities
Acrylic and glitter on canvas, 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Pearlstone Family Fund and partial gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Object Number
2020.52
A figure in motion swirls and arises from a multitude of forms and abstract space. With a variety of textures, Theresa Chromati summons a layered vision of Black womanhood, and the experience of continuously becoming oneself. Her abstracted paintings of figures usually include paint and glitter, and register the abundance and complexity of being.
Chromati is widely recognized as a vibrant force in the Baltimore arts community and beyond. She began exhibiting her work in Baltimore artist-run spaces in 2016 and has since achieved critical acclaim for her skillful painting practice, as well as public art installations and design. Before this acquisition, the BMA featured Chromati alongside other Black artists from Baltimore in Mickalene Thomas’ installation, A Moment’s Pleasure.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2020; Kravets Wehby Gallery; the artist
Christopher Bedford, Asma Naeem, and Katy Siegel, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Now is the Time: Recent Acquisitions to the Contemporary Collection," May 2, 2021 - July 18, 2021
Cozzi, Leslie and Katherine Rothkopf (eds). "A Modern Influence: Henri Matisse, Etta Cone, and Baltimore." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2021. ill.
