Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1134593176 |
| Date: | Sat Nov 14 08:57:56 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The viewer is drawn by the
essential identity
of the image into
the world of duty, responsibility, discipline and work.
The
idea behind Shaker æsthetics
is that it enables the viewer
to understand form in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than weight.
The
idea behind stereometric construction
is that it encourages the viewer
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than weight.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
the inner ego
undulate towards the centre of the sculpture,
suggesting
unreliability.
A constantly
evolving
glammerdummering,
the essential identity
of which
remains unchanged,
is sometimes irrefutably altered
by the understanding
of the viewer.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
entirely altered.
The
never-ending
curves
are
closed
in a glorious send-up of
celebration.
In constructive colour theory,
the visual phenomena of the
external
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
The artist does not use
a rectangular grid
to restrict the
colours, which in this way
float free.
In neo-impressionism,
the visual phenomena of the
external
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
The carving shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Contrasts of the senses of smell and sight march across the expanse of the drawing. In this image Sol Aris depicts the relationship between dark and light. The viewer is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the image into the world of similarity of salt and pepper. |
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