Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1134442100 |
| Date: | Sun Nov 8 22:08:17 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The artist uses
traditional proportions
to contain the
colours, which therefore
float free.
The artist does not use
a rectangular grid
to shape the
colours, which in this way
stand alone.
Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interplay of forces.
The artist does not use
a limited canvas
to restrict the
colours, which therefore
subsist in a world of their own doing.
The
ornamented
ground
indicates
an image of the process of creation.
Contrasts of colour and space
dominate
the
expanse
of the work.
Contrasts of the senses of sight and taste
emphasise
the
emptiness
of this picture.
Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interplay of forces.
``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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