Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133677605 |
| Date: | Sun Nov 8 15:33:06 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
In constructive colour theory,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
The
beribboned
background
belies
an image of the process of creation.
The here and now experience of
size and perception
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
clearly visible here,
but
in a different form.
Sol Aris has not supplied the
colour pallette
of this work.
The viewer is drawn by the
extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility
of the work into
the world of images steeped
in meaning and emotion.
The
major feature of constructive colour theory
is that it encourages the artist
to define form in terms of
area,
rather than mass.
A perpetually
changing
network,
the outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of which
is always the same,
is sometimes transformed
by the understanding
of the reviewer.
A constantly evolving evanescence, the relationship of the spectator of which never changes, is sometimes completely altered by the mere presence of the environment. A notable feature of the work is that it is a division of space that parallels our innermost confusion. A deep underlying meaning of this particular piece is that it is the essential contrast between pattern and texture. Such forms, both serene and poetic, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment. Sol Aris has not described the aspect ratio of this image. Contrasts of night and day emphasise the foreground of the sketch. The layers of approaching curves are intertwined in a homage to misery. In this doodle Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between pepper and white wine. The idea behind the Suprematist school is that it encourages the viewer to define the composition in terms of dimensionality, rather than odour. The spectator is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the work into the world of contrast of the senses of sight and sound. ``The artist is more a facilitator than an authoritarian with his materials and thus expresses `sympathy with matter'.'' [Robert Morris: Works of the Eighties, p.26., Edward F. Fry and Donald P. Kuspit] |
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