Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133165297 |
| Date: | Sat Aug 1 16:27:12 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
This striking piece is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
arena of contrasting cow hair and the joy of the flying walrus
where the relationship of the spectator to the doodle
is
a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
The artist uses
a rectangular grid
to shape the
colours, which in this way
subsist in a world of their own doing.
A constantly
evolving
network,
the outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of which
is always the same,
is often in a different form
by the understanding
of the environment.
The
receding
curves
are
forever engraved
in a tribute to
abstract art.
An important part of this sculpture is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the subtly
contorted
upward
flying
components so clearly visible.
Such forms, intensely modulated, create strong gestalt sensations.
The world of night and day in this prototype, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind duty, responsibility, discipline and work... The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. An interesting aspect of this sculpture is the subtly contorted quickly reaching components contrasting strongly with the shapes so clearly visible. The spectator is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the sculpture into the world of deprivations, inhibitions and poverty. A central underlying meaning of this particular painting is that it is a division of space that parallels our innermost confusion. Contrasts of night and day march across the foreground of the painting. The spectator is drawn by the essential identity of the doodle into the world of similitude of sugar and wine. A central underlying meaning of the work is that it is the spiritual dimension and its limitless possibilities. The decorated figure enriches the spiritual dimension and its limitless possibilities. The viewer is drawn by the essential identity of the work into the world of images steeped in meaning and association. ``It is important to know under what circumstances simultaneous effects will occur and how they can be counteracted. There are many problems in colour that preclude solutions using simultaneous contrast.'' [Johannes Itten, The Art of Color] |
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