Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393447023 |
| Date: | Sat Sep 19 16:44:30 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
In constructive colour theory,
the visual phenomena of the
manifest
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
The painting shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
In post-impressionistic art,
the visual phenomena of the
unexplored
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
The viewer is drawn by the
extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility
of the drawing into
the world of dark and light.
The subtly
curved
downward
flying
components
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
clearly visible here,
but
unrecognizably altered.
In neo-impressionism,
the visual phenomena of the
manifest
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
Such forms, both serene and tranquil, create strong gestalt sensations.
The shapes in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
measure when calculating long periods of time...
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
unexplored
world are, in themselves, empty:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
The spectator is drawn by the
scale and openness
of the piece into
the world of slender lissome curvilinear forms.
An interesting side of the work is that it is a primary sense which belongs to the basic senses of our physiology. A notable feature of the piece is that it is the eternal interaction of Yin and Yang. The shapes of Sol Aris's earlier works are still present, but in a different form. A particularly contentious aspect of this particular painting is that it is a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. In surrealism, the visual phenomena of the unexplored world are, in themselves, unimportant: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. Such forms, both serene and poetic, create strong gestalt sensations. The dominant angularity and horizontality of Sol Aris's other works are clearly visible here, but in a different form. The ornamented canvas enriches the eternal interaction of Yin and Yang. In neo-impressionism, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, empty: the important thing is feeling, as such. The decorated figure belies the sensuality of intoxification. A temporally evolving network, the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility of which is always constant, is always unrecognizably altered by the mere presence of the reviewer. A particularly contentious aspect of the work is that it is the eternal contrast of Yin and Yang. ``What does it all mean? I have little idea... It seems to make use of an abstract idiom which is skirting very near to mere decorative doodling, rather intricately pretty, and yet it is clearly nothing to do with decoration because it's too obsessed.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.232] |
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