Pretentious Yet Pointless

	Pretentious Yet Pointless

Artist:	Aris, Sol
Medium:	Acrylics on virtual canvas
Title:	Randomly generated image 1133363637
Date:	Sun Sep 13 17:35:30 UTC 2026
Description:	The dominant angularity and horizontality of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but transformed. It is useful to note that the idea behind Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages Sol Aris to understand form in terms of dimensionality, rather than weight. A notable feature of this doodle is the dominant angularity and horizontality contrasting strongly with the world of the senses of sight and touch of the work. A deep underlying meaning of this particular image is that it is a primary sense which belongs to the basic senses of our nature. It is useful to note that the idea behind post-impressionistic art is that it encourages the artist to define form in terms of dimensionality, rather than odour. In post-impressionistic art, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, unimportant: the significant thing is feeling, as such. The writhing curves are intertwined in a parody of misery. A particularly contentious aspect of this work is the shapes contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting colour and space so clearly visible. In stereometric construction, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, meaningless: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. Such forms, quietly formal, create disarmingly intenste shivers of emotion. In surrealism, the visual phenomena of the unexplored world are, in themselves, meaningless: the important thing is feeling, as such. ``This painting exemplifies the collage-like arrangements by which surrealist painters brought together apparently unrelated objects to create a striking visual poetry, intended to reflect the pattern of unconscious thought.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.162]
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