Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1134340187 |
| Date: | Sun Oct 25 16:17:49 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
figured
figure
belies
an image of the process of creation.
The piece shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The artist employs
a rectangular grid
to shape the
colours, which can by this means
stand alone.
The
writhing
curves
are
enjoined
in a parody of
celebration.
It is useful to note that the
essence of surrealism
is that it enables the artist
to define form in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than weight.
The emphatically factual experience of
size and perception in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
similarity of salt and pepper...
``Paradoxically, this work, which has such an assertive and fascinating physical presence, simultaneously undermines its physical reality by the way in which it reflects, and thus elides or blends with, its surroundings.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.262] |
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