Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133108327 |
| Date: | Wed Jul 15 08:10:15 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
A particularly contentious aspect of this piece is the dominant angularity and horizontality
contrasting strongly with
the here and now experience of
colour and space of the painting.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours of Sol Aris's other works are clearly visible here, but entirely altered. Such forms, quietly formal, create strong gestalt sensations. A notable feature of this work is the shapes contrasting strongly with the impersonal forms and industrial colours of the piece. The dominant angularity and horizontality in this picture, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind epistemology of area and quintessential hereness... The shapes of Sol Aris's other works are still present, but in a different form. The writhing curves are forever engraved in a parody of stereometric construction. The receding curves are intertwined in a tribute to celebration. The shapes in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind deprivations, inhibitions and boredom... The endless curves are forever engraved in a glorious send-up of constructive colour theory. Unexpectedly, we see the diagonal axis for the self curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability. The arena of contrasting tone and hue in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind epistemology of area and place... The writhing curves are closed in a glorious send-up of misery. It is useful to note that the major feature of stereometric construction is that it enables Sol Aris to understand the composition in terms of dimensionality, rather than odour. |
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