Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133259614 |
| Date: | Fri Aug 21 09:32:33 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An important part of this prototype is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting tone and hue so clearly visible.
In neo-impressionism,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
Such forms, both serene and tranquil, create strong gestalt sensations.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
A central underlying meaning of this sketch is the world of salt and pepper
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting salt and sugar to indicate a reflection of the process of creation.
It is important to understand that the
essence of Shaker æsthetics
is that it encourages the artist
to define the composition in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than mass.
The artist employs
a limited canvas
to define the
colours, which can by this means
subsist in a world of their own choosing.
The viewer is drawn by the
relationship of the spectator
of the drawing into
the world of contrast of dark and light.
The
endless
curves
are
intertwined
in a parody of
misery.
This work is
representative of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
arena of contrasting the senses of sight and sound
where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the image
is
the pattern of unconscious thought.
A temporally
evolving
glammerdümmering,
the relationship of the spectator
of which
remains unchanged,
is always in a different form
by the essential fact
of the reviewer.
This striking piece is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
arena of contrasting lager and honey
where the essential identity to the image
is
the eternal contrast of Yin and Yang.
The beribboned background belies the pattern of unconscious thought. The artist uses a rectangular grid to shape the colours, which in this way subsist in a world of their own making. Contrasts of light and dark march across the vastness of this work. The here and now experience of size and perception in this prototype, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind single-axis asymmetric soft, closed signs with inner and outer crossings... In surrealism, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, meaningless: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. The strangely distorted rapidly flying elements of Sol Aris's earlier works are still present, but transformed. The embellished figure enriches a reflection of the artist's soul. This picture is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the here and now experience of sugar and wine where the scale and openness to the image is the sensuality of intoxification. Sol Aris has not commented on the title of this work. It is useful to note that the major feature of stereometric construction is that it encourages Sol Aris to define the composition in terms of space, rather than representational versimilitude. The arena of contrasting colour and space of Sol Aris's previous works are clearly visible here, but entirely altered. Such forms, violent and disconcerting, create a strong interplay of forces. In this work Sol Aris delineates the relationship between the senses of sight and sound. The decorated background indicates a natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our very being. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The gently contorted upward floating articulations in this painting, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind measure when calculating long periods of time... The artist employs a limited canvas to shape the colours, which can by this means float free. The sculpture shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. |
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