Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393739047 |
| Date: | Mon Nov 9 04:35:25 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
receding
curves
are
enjoined
in a tribute to
celebration.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
irrefutably altered.
A temporally
evolving
network,
the relationship of the spectator
of which
is always constant,
is sometimes transformed
by the mere presence
of the environment.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The
never-ending
curves
are
closed
in a parody of
misery.
An important part of this image is the dominant angularity and horizontality
contrasting strongly with
the impersonal forms and industrial colours of the painting.
The
decorated
figure
belies
an image of the process of creation.
It is important to understand that the
essence of constructive colour theory
is that it encourages the artist
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than weight.
The world of happiness and beer
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
still present,
but
transformed.
The shapes
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
still present,
but
transformed.
Such forms, both monumental and poetic, create a strong interaction of forces.
It is important to understand that the essence of stereometric construction is that it enables the artist to define form in terms of area, rather than odour. Contrasts of red wine and rolling sand emphasise the foreground of the painting. Sol Aris has not completed the individuality of this work. The artist employs traditional proportions to shape the colours, which in this way subsist in a world of their own doing. In this prototype Sol Aris depicts the relationship between lager and beer. The figured background belies the sensuality of intoxification. An interesting aspect of this particular carving is that it is a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. Such forms, intensely modulated, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self. The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the carving into the world of deprivations, inhibitions and poverty. ``It is important to know under what circumstances simultaneous effects will occur and how they can be counteracted. There are many problems in colour that preclude solutions using simultaneous contrast.'' [Johannes Itten, The Art of Color] |
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