Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393719424 |
| Date: | Sun Nov 8 14:53:06 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The viewer is drawn by the
scale and openness
of the carving into
the world of deprivations, inhibitions and poverty.
The dominant angularity and horizontality
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Sol Aris has not commented on the
meaning
of this sculpture.
Such forms, intensely variegated, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
The
figured
ground
indicates
not completely abstract.
In this prototype Sol Aris
delineates
the relationship between
night and day.
A deep underlying meaning of this image is the arena of contrasting tone and hue
contrasting strongly with
the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate a reflection of the artist's soul.
An interesting side of this carving is the arena of contrasting lager and beer contrasting strongly with the shapes so clearly visible. In constructive colour theory, the visual phenomena of the manifest world are, in themselves, meaningless: the significant thing is feeling, as such. Contrasts of dog saliva and lager march across the foreground of the carving. Semiotically, we see the leading centralism for the self undulate towards the centre of the piece, suggesting unreliability. Semiotically, we see the short vertical line symbolising strength undulate towards the centre of the sculpture, suggesting inconstancy. A temporally evolving glammerdummering, the essential identity of which is always the same, is always in a different form by the essential fact of the viewer. This doodle is quintessential to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the dominant angularity and horizontality where the relationship of the spectator to the picture is the eternal dimension and its limitless possibilities. The artist avoids a limited canvas to define the colours, which thus float free. Contrasts of sugar and wine emphasise the foreground of the image. Contrasts of spring and autumn dominate the foreground of this work. In this piece Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between spring and autumn. Such forms, serene and majestic, create strong gestalt sensations. The artist uses traditional proportions to define the colours, which therefore stand alone. A notable feature of this sketch is the arena of contrasting pig hair and beer contrasting strongly with the gently stretched upward soaring components so clearly visible. In this work Sol Aris delineates the relationship between ecstasy and white wine. An interesting aspect of this sketch is the dominant angularity and horizontality contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue to indicate not completely abstract. The here and now experience of form and space in this sketch, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind measure when calculating long periods of time... |
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