Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133356252 |
| Date: | Sat Sep 12 14:37:46 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The dominant angularity and horizontality in this drawing,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images steeped
in insight and emotive power...
The
figured
background
belies
a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
Of a sudden,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
the inner ego
curve back and forth,
suggesting
inconstancy.
In post-impressionistic art,
the visual phenomena of the
external
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
``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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