Pretentious Yet Pointless

	Pretentious Yet Pointless

Artist:	Aris, Sol
Medium:	Acrylics on virtual canvas
Title:	Randomly generated image 1133179856
Date:	Tue Aug 4 14:38:06 UTC 2026
Description:	This sketch is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the strangely twisted upward soaring articulations where the scale and openness to the piece is in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive comprehension. The world of the senses of smell and sound of Sol Aris's previous works are still present, but in a different form. Such forms, serene and tranquil, create strong gestalt sensations. The piece shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The carving shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. Sol Aris has not completed the price of this work. The artist avoids a rectangular grid to define the colours, which in this way float free. A particularly contentious aspect of this piece is the arena of contrasting brightness and shade contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting spring and autumn to indicate the essential difference between pattern and texture. This image is quintessential to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the shapes where the relationship of the viewer to the piece is a reflection of the process of creation. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The receding curves are enjoined in a glorious send-up of misery. The viewer is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the image into the world of contrast of salt and pepper. The major feature of abstract art is that it enables Sol Aris to understand form in terms of area, rather than weight. The decorated figure indicates an image of the process of creation. ``Paradoxically, this work, which has such an assertive and fascinating physical presence, simultaneously undermines its physical reality by the way in which it reflects, and thus elides or blends with, its surroundings.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.262]
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