Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393322322 |
| Date: | Sun Aug 23 06:36:08 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Contrasts of summer and autumn
emphasise
the
expanse
of this piece.
The arena of contrasting salt and pepper in this picture,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images rich
in meaning and association...
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's other works are
still present,
but
completely altered.
Contrasts of brightness and shade
dominate
the
foreground
of this piece.
The
garnished
canvas
indicates
the essential contrast between pattern and texture.
``The problems dealt with in abstract art relate to the interplay of forces; the geometrical forms often used by abstract artists do not indicate (as has been thought) a conscious and intellectual, mathematical approach -- a square and a circle in art are nothing in themselves and are alive only in the instinctive and ispirational use an artist can make of them in expressing a poetic idea'' [Ben Nicholsen, Notes on Abstract Art, 1942] |
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