Pretentious Yet Pointless

	Pretentious Yet Pointless

Artist:	Aris, Sol
Medium:	Acrylics on virtual canvas
Title:	Randomly generated image 1134440412
Date:	Sun Nov 8 21:00:04 UTC 2026
Description:	This picture is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the arena of contrasting spring and autumn where the scale and openness to the piece is not completely abstract. In this work Sol Aris depicts the relationship between pepper and ecstasy. Sol Aris has not described the title of this work. The world of red wine and honey in this carving, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind measure when calculating long periods of time... The arena of contrasting tone and hue in this sketch, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind deprivations, inhibitions and hardship... The gently contorted downward reaching elements in this picture, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind duty, responsibility, discipline and work... An interesting aspect of this prototype is the gently twisted upward soaring elements contrasting strongly with the world of bare feet and ecstasy so clearly visible. Sol Aris has not described the individuality of this image. An important part of this work is the arena of contrasting tone and hue contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue of the image. Semiotically, we see the diagonal axis for the self curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. Contrasts of night and day march across the emptiness of the piece. The figured background indicates the eternal or spiritual dimension and its limitless possibilities. The spectator is drawn by the scale and openness of the work into the world of images strong in insight and emotive power. The dominant angularity and horizontality of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but transformed. ``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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