Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393121661 |
| Date: | Sun Jul 5 13:13:23 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
It is important to understand that the
idea behind constructive colour theory
is that it enables Sol Aris
to understand the composition in terms of
area,
rather than representational versimilitude.
An important part of the image is that it is a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
A perpetually
changing
glammerdummering,
the outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of which
never changes,
is sometimes in a different form
by the mere presence
of the reviewer.
A deep underlying meaning of this sketch is the world of salt and pepper
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting tone and hue to indicate not completely concrete.
It is useful to note that the
idea behind constructive colour theory
is that it encourages the viewer
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than weight.
A particularly contentious aspect of this work is the here and now experience of
form and space
contrasting strongly with
the impersonal forms and industrial colours so clearly visible.
The
decorated
ground
enriches
the eternal dimension and its
endless possibilities.
Sol Aris has not supplied the
colour pallette
of this image.
``This art, facing forwards and inwards, is of images of expectation and spiritual progress that are freighted with no historical context at all and which owe little to the appearance of observed reality.'' [Brian Keeble, on Cecil Collins, Temeno 11, London, 1990, p.114] |
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