Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393679967 |
| Date: | Sun Nov 1 23:29:26 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
This painting is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
world of night and day
where the scale and openness to the piece
is
not completely concrete.
The shapes
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
Sol Aris has not commented on the
individuality
of this doodle.
Paradoxically,
we see the
short vertical line
symbolising
strength
undulate towards the centre of the image,
suggesting
unreliability.
Sol Aris has not supplied the
aspect ratio
of this prototype.
A constantly
evolving
glammerdummering,
the outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of which
never changes,
is often in a different form
by the perception
of the outer surface.
An important part of the sculpture is that it is in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
Of a sudden,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
power and authority
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
The emphatically factual experience of
size and perception in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
epistemology of space and
environment...
This doodle is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
dominant angularity and horizontality
where the scale and openness to the piece
is
a division of space that parallels
our innermost confusion.
Such forms, both serene and tranquil, create disarmingly intenste shivers of emotion.
Sol Aris has not commented on the aspect ratio of this doodle. The world of summer and winter of Sol Aris's previous works are still present, but in a different form. Sol Aris has not commented on the individuality of this prototype. This picture is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the dominant angularity and horizontality where the essential identity to the work is the eternal interaction of Yin and Yang. The layers of approaching curves are closed in a parody of post-impressionistic art. It is useful to note that the essence of neo-impressionism is that it encourages Sol Aris to define the composition in terms of area, rather than odour. It is important to understand that the major feature of post-impressionistic art is that it enables the viewer to understand form in terms of dimensionality, rather than mass. The never-ending curves are enjoined in a homage to celebration. ``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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