Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393232436 |
| Date: | Wed Aug 5 15:38:58 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Sol Aris has not described the
colour pallette
of this work.
The spectator is drawn by the
outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of the image into
the world of deprivations, inhibitions and hardship.
An interesting aspect of this image is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the shapes so clearly visible.
The here and now experience of
size and perception
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
A particularly contentious aspect of this image is the strongly
twisted
quickly
reaching
elements
contrasting strongly with
the emphatically factual experience of
size and perception to indicate not completely abstract.
Contrasts of ecstasy and sugar
dominate
the
foreground
of the drawing.
The carving shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
In this sculpture Sol Aris
shows
the relationship between
the dualistic essense of unreality and honey.
``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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