Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393756982 |
| Date: | Mon Nov 9 17:05:45 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An important part of this particular prototype is that it is a reflection of the process of creation.
A constantly
changing
evanescence,
the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility
of which
is always constant,
is always in a different form
by the perception
of the viewer.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
the self
curve back and forth,
suggesting
inconstancy.
An interesting aspect of this work is the shapes
contrasting strongly with
the shapes to indicate in some sense
positive
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
Contrasts of night and day
emphasise
the
emptiness
of the work.
A particularly contentious aspect of this doodle is the world of unshod feet and sugar
contrasting strongly with
the gently
twisted
rapidly
floating
articulations of the image.
Of a sudden,
we see the
leading centralism
symbolising
the self
curve back and forth,
suggesting
inconstancy.
Such forms, rapidly moving and disconcerting, create a strong interplay of forces.
This image is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
arena of contrasting tone and hue
where the relationship of the viewer to the piece
is
a division of space that parallels
our innermost confusion.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
unexplored
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
``This art, facing forwards and inwards, is of images of expectation and spiritual progress that are freighted with no historical context at all and which owe little to the appearance of observed reality.'' [Brian Keeble, on Cecil Collins, Temeno 11, London, 1990, p.114] |
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