Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133757785 |
| Date: | Wed Nov 11 09:35:34 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The emphatically factual experience of
form and space
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
clearly visible here,
but
entirely altered.
Contrasts of salt and rolling sand
emphasise
the
expanse
of this carving.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The
decorated
background
belies
not completely abstract.
Contrasts of dark and light
emphasise
the
broad scope
of the piece.
``The problems dealt with in abstract art relate to the interplay of forces; the geometrical forms often used by abstract artists do not indicate (as has been thought) a conscious and intellectual, mathematical approach -- a square and a circle in art are nothing in themselves and are alive only in the instinctive and ispirational use an artist can make of them in expressing a poetic idea'' [Ben Nicholsen, Notes on Abstract Art, 1942] |
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