Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1133819186 |
| Date: | Fri Nov 13 16:33:09 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
major feature of Shaker æsthetics
is that it encourages the viewer
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than odour.
The
receding
curves
are
intertwined
in a glorious send-up of
misery.
The shapes
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
The
endless
curves
are
forever engraved
in a homage to
constructive colour theory.
Sol Aris has not described the
individuality
of this carving.
In this work Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
sugar and wine.
Of a sudden,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
power and authority
undulate towards the centre of the prototype,
suggesting
inconstancy.
The
garnished
ground
indicates
the essential contrast between pattern and texture.
``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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