Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133525474 |
| Date: | Mon Oct 12 19:44:46 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The arena of contrasting the senses of smell and taste
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
still present,
but
transformed.
Contrasts of the senses of smell and touch
dominate
the
vastness
of the sculpture.
Of a sudden,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
strength
undulate towards the centre of the picture,
suggesting
unreliability.
The strongly
distorted
rapidly
floating
articulations in this drawing,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings...
The world of happiness and rolling sand in this painting,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
delicate sinuous curvilinear forms...
A constantly
evolving
network,
the essential identity
of which
is always the same,
is always completely altered
by the understanding
of the reviewer.
Semiotically,
we see the
leading centralism
symbolising
strength
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
The work shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
``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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