Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133353509 |
| Date: | Sat Sep 12 04:46:14 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
garnished
canvas
indicates
in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
The
adorned
background
belies
a primary natural sense
which belongs to the basic senses of
our nature.
Contrasts of spring and autumn
dominate
the
broad scope
of the image.
The
ornamented
ground
enriches
a reflection of the artist's soul.
The dominant angularity and horizontality in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images steeped
in meaning and emotion...
Of a sudden,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
the self
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Such forms, both monumental and tranquil, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
external
world are, in themselves, empty:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
It is useful to note that the
major feature of stereometric construction
is that it enables the viewer
to understand the composition in terms of
space,
rather than representational versimilitude.
A particularly contentious aspect of this particular doodle is that it is the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang.
This striking piece is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the understanding of the
strangely
distorted
upward
reaching
components
where the scale and openness to the picture
is
the spiritual dimension and its
limitless possibilities.
In this image Sol Aris
shows
the relationship between
the senses of smell and sight.
A central underlying meaning of this sculpture is the dominant angularity and horizontality
contrasting strongly with
the shapes of the sketch.
Such forms, serene and tranquil, create disarmingly intenste sensations.
Contrasts of night and day
dominate
the
broad scope
of the image.
The artist avoids
a rectangular grid
to contain the
colours, which thus
subsist in a world of their own making.
The spectator is drawn by the
scale and openness
of the work into
the world of measure when calculating long periods of time.
Of a sudden, we see the short vertical line for the inner ego undulate towards the centre of the picture, suggesting inconstancy. The viewer is drawn by the relationship of the viewer of the carving into the world of duty, responsibility, discipline and work. The layers of approaching curves are enjoined in a tribute to abstract art. Paradoxically, we see the short vertical line representing power and authority undulate towards the centre of the work, suggesting unreliability. A perpetually evolving network, the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of which is always constant, is sometimes in a different form by the mere presence of the environment. Contrasts of pig hair and dog saliva dominate the expanse of this drawing. It is important to understand that the essence of abstract art is that it enables the artist to define form in terms of dimensionality, rather than weight. This striking piece is quintessential to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the arena of contrasting tone and hue where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the piece is the sensuality of extinction. |
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