Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133371655 |
| Date: | Tue Sep 15 01:09:42 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The arena of contrasting salt and sugar
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
The carving shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interplay of forces.
In this painting Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
sugar and wine.
The
figured
background
indicates
the sensuality of intoxification.
The
never-ending
curves
are
enjoined
in a homage to
misery.
In this painting Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
the senses of sight and sound.
A constantly
changing
glammerdümmering,
the relationship of the spectator
of which
is always the same,
is always transformed
by the essential fact
of the onlooker.
In this painting Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
dark and light.
The
ornamented
figure
enriches
a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
In this prototype Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
spring and autumn.
Such forms, quietly formal, create disarmingly intenste sensations.
Contrasts of light and shade
dominate
the
expanse
of the doodle.
``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] |
| next work |