Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133198424 |
| Date: | Sat Aug 8 07:59:47 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The artist uses
traditional proportions
to define the
colours, which in this way
stand alone.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
Paradoxically,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
the inner ego
undulate towards the centre of the image,
suggesting
inconstancy.
In this work Sol Aris
depicts
the relationship between
night and day.
Contrasts of the senses of sight and taste
march across
the
vastness
of this image.
A deep underlying meaning of this picture is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the shapes to indicate in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive comprehension.
Contrasts of salt and pepper
march across
the
emptiness
of this picture.
The work shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
``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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