Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393115964 |
| Date: | Fri Jul 3 19:32:31 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The artist uses
a limited canvas
to shape the
colours, which therefore
stand alone.
Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interplay of forces.
The artist avoids
traditional proportions
to restrict the
colours, which therefore
stand alone.
The arena of contrasting rolling sand and salt
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
in a different form.
In abstract art,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, empty:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
``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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