Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133304557 |
| Date: | Mon Aug 31 15:55:53 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An important part of this work is the world of salt and pepper
contrasting strongly with
the strongly
curved
downward
reaching
components to indicate a reflection of the artist's soul.
The shapes in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
duty, responsibility, discipline and work...
Such forms, rapidly moving and disconcerting, create strong gestalt sensations.
An interesting side of this work is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the shapes so clearly visible.
Such forms, quietly formal, create disarmingly intenste feelings.
It is useful to note that the
essence of Shaker æsthetics
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than representational versimilitude.
Semiotically,
we see the
leading centralism
for
the inner ego
curve back and forth,
suggesting
inconstancy.
In this image Sol Aris depicts the relationship between the senses of smell and sound. Contrasts of sugar and wine dominate the foreground of the prototype. The garnished background indicates a primary natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our nature. The adorned canvas indicates a division of space that parallels our innermost confusion. The spectator is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the drawing into the world of epistemology of area and place. Such forms, both monumental and poetic, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment. Such forms, serene and powerful, create strong gestalt sensations. The shapes of Sol Aris's previous works are still present, but transformed. The gently contorted downward soaring components of Sol Aris's earlier works are still present, but in a different form. ``What does it all mean? I have little idea... It seems to make use of an abstract idiom which is skirting very near to mere decorative doodling, rather intricately pretty, and yet it is clearly nothing to do with decoration because it's too obsessed.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.232] |
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