Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1134585369 |
| Date: | Sat Nov 14 02:15:02 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The shapes in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
beer and rolling sand...
In this work Sol Aris
depicts
the relationship between
the senses of sight and taste.
The artist employs
a limited canvas
to shape the
colours, which in this way
subsist in a world of their own making.
The
ornamented
canvas
belies
an image of the process of creation.
The viewer is drawn by the
scale and openness
of the work into
the world of invaluable cultural icons.
Sol Aris has not supplied the
price
of this image.
The prototype shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
An interesting side of this particular picture is that it is in some sense
positive
rather than simply one of passive comprehension.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of Shaker æsthetics
is that it enables the artist
to understand form in terms of
space,
rather than representational versimilitude.
The
garnished
background
indicates
the pattern of unconscious thought.
Semiotically, we see the diagonal axis for power and authority curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. Such forms, quietly formal, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment. ``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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