Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133411745 |
| Date: | Tue Sep 22 23:03:26 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
It is important to understand that the
essence of surrealism
is that it enables the viewer
to understand form in terms of
area,
rather than representational versimilitude.
In surrealism,
the visual phenomena of the
external
world are, in themselves, empty:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
This striking piece is
an expression of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
dominant angularity and horizontality
where the essential identity to the piece
is
a primary natural sense
which belongs to the basic senses of
our very being.
Contrasts of toothpaste and lager
emphasise
the
foreground
of the image.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of stereometric construction
is that it enables the artist
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than weight.
Sol Aris has not commented on the
meaning
of this picture.
Semiotically, we see the diagonal axis representing the self undulate towards the centre of the painting, suggesting inconstancy. Such forms, delicately variegated, create a strong interplay of forces. Of a sudden, we see the diagonal axis symbolising power and authority undulate towards the centre of the work, suggesting unreliability. The figured background indicates a natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our spirituality. The garnished figure enriches a division of space that parallels our innermost confusion. The spectator is drawn by the essential identity of the painting into the world of similarity of the senses of sight and touch. 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 relationship of the viewer to the picture is the eternal or spiritual dimension and its endless possibilities. The artist does not use traditional proportions to contain the colours, which in this way float free. In this prototype Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between the senses of smell and sight. Semiotically, we see the short vertical line representing the self curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability. A temporally evolving evanescence, the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility of which is always constant, is always transformed by the mere presence of the onlooker. The writhing curves are intertwined in a tribute to misery. Of a sudden, we see the leading centralism representing power and authority curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. The layers of approaching curves are closed in a homage to stereometric construction. |
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