Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1132917372 |
| Date: | Mon Mar 9 10:52:48 EDT 2026 |
| Description: |
The spectator is drawn by the
extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility
of the sculpture into
the world of single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings.
The shapes
of
Sol Aris's other works are
still present,
but
in a different form.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
entirely altered.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Contrasts of night and day
dominate
the
broad scope
of the image.
Such forms, rapidly moving and disconcerting, create strong gestalt sensations.
This work is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
arena of contrasting the senses of smell and sight
where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the piece
is
the essential distinction between pattern and texture.
Contrasts of summer and winter
march across
the
emptiness
of the piece.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of post-impressionistic art
is that it enables the artist
to define the composition in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than odour.
An important part of this particular image is that it is a primary natural sense
which belongs to the basic senses of
our very being.
Contrasts of dark and light
emphasise
the
vastness
of the image.
An interesting side of this image is the dominant angularity and horizontality
contrasting strongly with
the dominant angularity and horizontality of the picture.
The world of the senses of sight and smell of Sol Aris's previous works are clearly visible here, but transformed. It is useful to note that the essence of abstract art is that it encourages the artist to define form in terms of area, rather than odour. |
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