Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133431157 |
| Date: | Sat Sep 26 07:50:48 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The strangely
twisted
rapidly
flying
articulations
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
clearly visible here,
but
completely altered.
The viewer is drawn by the
essential identity
of the work into
the world of images steeped
in meaning and association.
A deep underlying meaning of this prototype is the strongly
contorted
upward
reaching
elements
contrasting strongly with
the world of summer and autumn so clearly visible.
Paradoxically,
we see the
short vertical line
representing
the inner ego
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
The shapes in this sketch, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind similarity of salt and pepper... The artist employs traditional proportions to shape the colours, which can by this means float free. Such forms, quietly formal, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment. Such forms, serene and powerful, create strong gestalt sensations. The emphatically factual experience of form and space in this piece, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind epistemology of space and place... The idea behind surrealism is that it encourages the artist to define the composition in terms of dimensionality, rather than mass. The artist employs a limited canvas to define the colours, which therefore subsist in a world of their own doing. The receding curves are closed in a glorious send-up of celebration. An important part of the picture is that it is a natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our very being. An interesting side of this work is the impersonal forms and industrial colours contrasting strongly with the here and now experience of size and perception so clearly visible. An important part of this work is the impersonal forms and industrial colours contrasting strongly with the dominant angularity and horizontality of the piece. The arena of contrasting the senses of sight and smell in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind deprivations, inhibitions and hardship... Contrasts of spring and autumn march across the broad scope of the image. In this picture Sol Aris depicts the relationship between colour and space. A notable feature of the picture is that it is in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive comprehension. The viewer is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the work into the world of measure when calculating long periods of time. The decorated figure enriches the spiritual dimension and its limitless possibilities. This image is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the dominant angularity and horizontality where the relationship of the viewer to the piece is the sensuality of extinction. Unexpectedly, we see the diagonal axis for power and authority curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability. The endless curves are forever engraved in a tribute to misery. |
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