I hope you can join me this Wednesday, February 16th.  Chromesthesia, will open in NYC from 6-9 at the McNeill Art Group Tribeca Project Space.  Chromesthesia is a group show featuring work by artists Tyrome Tripoli, Perry Burns, Sally Egbert, Tapp Francke,  Darlene Charneco, Matthew Satz, Sean Brannan and Scott Malbaurn.  

Opening Reception Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 from 6-9pm   The exhibit will be on view through May 2nd, 2011   143 READE ST, NEW YORK, NY    The gallery is open by appointment. A viewing will be held on Saturday, March 5th, from 11-6 during the Armory show weekend.   __________________________________________________________   Synesthesia occurs when one sense modality overlaps with another. Chromesthesia is when that one of the overlapping modalities is the perception of color. This means that the person who experiences it hears green, smells lavender, feels white, or tastes metallic blue. Color is a language.  Color has meaning.  To Itzhak Perlman, a chromesthete, playing a B flat on the G string evokes a deep forest green color.  For Maureen Seaberg, author of “Tasting the Universe” and a chromesthete, she knows that Tuesday is golden. This involuntary experience occurs in as much as 1 in 23 people.  Artist David Hockney is a synesthete, as are musicians Billy Joel and Pharrell Williams.  You are invited to challenge your visual sense modality.  Will you hear trumpets sounds when you see ‘Tilted Tornado’ by Scott Malbaurn? Or smell salt water when you see ‘Rebirth’ by Tapp Francke?  Artist Jeff Muhs heard musical notes when he painted ‘Chance Meeting on a Sailcloth of a Blackboard and a Wave’. Come and experience the color sensation of "Chromesthesia". __________________________________________________________   The reception will feature colorful edible arrangements by Mark Farher Caterers and Kim Neill.  These presentations will allow you to “taste” the effects of color on flavor perception.   On Saturday March 19th Maureen Seaberg will read from her new book “Tasting the Universe”.  For complete details email mcneillartgroup@mac.com. Please contact Beth McNeill at 631-838-4843 for more information. Visit mcneillargroup.com for more info about Beth McNeill and the Tribeca Project Space.

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