Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133562610 |
| Date: | Sun Oct 18 13:25:09 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
This work is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the understanding of the
arena of contrasting tone and hue
where the scale and openness to the piece
is
a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
In surrealism,
the visual phenomena of the
manifest
world are, in themselves, empty:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
Sol Aris has not commented on the
meaning
of this carving.
The world of the senses of smell and touch in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings...
It is important to understand that the
idea behind stereometric construction
is that it enables the artist
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than weight.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
still present,
but
irrefutably altered.
The prototype 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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