Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1132934674 |
| Date: | Sun Mar 15 22:33:11 EDT 2026 |
| Description: |
It is useful to note that the
idea behind Shaker æsthetics
is that it enables the artist
to define form in terms of
area,
rather than representational versimilitude.
The artist does not use
a rectangular grid
to define the
colours, which thus
float free.
Such forms, rabid and disconcerting, create strong gestalt sensations. The spectator is drawn by the scale and openness of the piece into the world of duty, responsibility, discipline and work. The writhing curves are enjoined in a homage to misery. ``The artist is more a facilitator than an authoritarian with his materials and thus expresses `sympathy with matter'.'' [Robert Morris: Works of the Eighties, p.26., Edward F. Fry and Donald P. Kuspit] |
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