Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133809480 |
| Date: | Fri Nov 13 08:23:31 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
writhing
curves
are
enjoined
in a glorious send-up of
surrealism.
The artist employs
a rectangular grid
to shape the
colours, which can by this means
stand alone.
Sol Aris has not commented on the
aspect ratio
of this sketch.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of abstract art
is that it encourages the viewer
to define the composition in terms of
area,
rather than odour.
``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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