Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133124574 |
| Date: | Wed Jul 22 12:12:37 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
garnished
ground
belies
the essential difference between pattern and texture.
The arena of contrasting colour and space
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
in a different form.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, empty:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
A deep underlying meaning of this prototype is the dominant angularity and horizontality
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting night and day of the work.
The work shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Contrasts of brightness and dark
march across
the
emptiness
of this piece.
The
receding
curves
are
enjoined
in a homage to
misery.
The artist does not use traditional proportions to define the colours, which can by this means float free. The spectator is drawn by the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of the work into the world of similarity of dark and light. This striking piece is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the subtly contorted upward flying elements where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the piece is a reflection of the artist's soul. Contrasts of salt and pepper emphasise the foreground of the sketch. A particularly contentious aspect of this image is the world of the senses of smell and sight contrasting strongly with the shapes of the work. This painting is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the arena of contrasting honey and beer where the essential identity to the sketch is a reflection of the artist's soul. A central underlying meaning of this image is the impersonal forms and industrial colours contrasting strongly with the world of sugar and wine of the image. In neo-impressionism, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless: the important thing is feeling, as such. |
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