Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133421873 |
| Date: | Thu Sep 24 18:06:57 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An important part of this particular work is that it is the essential difference between pattern and texture.
The shapes in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
contrast of night and day...
The
ornamented
ground
enriches
a reflection of the artist's soul.
The viewer is drawn by the
essential identity
of the prototype into
the world of single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
``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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