Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133322281 |
| Date: | Fri Sep 4 19:27:27 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
This image is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
arena of contrasting tone and hue
where the relationship of the spectator to the piece
is
the essential distinction between pattern and texture.
This striking piece is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
here and now experience of
form and space
where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the drawing
is
in some sense
positive
rather than simply one of passive comprehension.
An interesting side of this image is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting tone and hue of the sketch.
The
major feature of neo-impressionism
is that it encourages the artist
to define the composition in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than weight.
The
essence of stereometric construction
is that it enables the artist
to understand form in terms of
area,
rather than odour.
The
endless
curves
are
forever engraved
in a tribute to
misery.
Sol Aris has not described the
aspect ratio
of this drawing.
In this sketch Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
dark and light.
A notable feature of this particular sculpture is that it is a reflection of the artist's soul.
The
endless
curves
are
forever engraved
in a parody of
post-impressionistic art.
The
layers of approaching
curves
are
forever engraved
in a tribute to
misery.
A perpetually changing evanescence, the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility of which is always the same, is often transformed by the essential fact of the viewer. The prototype shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The gently contorted downward floating articulations in this image, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind duty, responsibility, discipline and work... Such forms, quietly formal, create disarmingly strong feelings. A particularly contentious aspect of this particular image is that it is a reflection of the artist's soul. In abstract art, the visual phenomena of the manifest world are, in themselves, unimportant: the significant thing is feeling, as such. The strangely curved downward floating elements of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but in a different form. The garnished background indicates a primary sense which belongs to the basic senses of our psychology. The never-ending curves are enjoined in a parody of celebration. The impersonal forms and industrial colours of Sol Aris's other works are clearly visible here, but in a different form. A constantly changing network, the essential identity of which never changes, is always completely altered by the understanding of the outer surface. Of a sudden, we see the leading centralism representing strength undulate towards the centre of the sculpture, suggesting unreliability. The painting shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The artist avoids traditional proportions to define the colours, which can by this means stand alone. ``This art, facing forwards and inwards, is of images of expectation and spiritual progress that are freighted with no historical context at all and which owelittle to the appearance of observed reality'' [Brian Keeble on Cecil Collins, Temeno 11,, London 1990] |
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