Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393850033 |
| Date: | Fri Nov 13 06:52:58 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The artist employs
traditional proportions
to restrict the
colours, which can by this means
stand alone.
The artist avoids
traditional proportions
to restrict the
colours, which thus
float free.
The viewer is drawn by the
scale and openness
of the sculpture into
the world of invaluable cultural icons.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of the Suprematist theory
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to define form in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than weight.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
diagonal axis
symbolising
the self
undulate towards the centre of the carving,
suggesting
unreliability.
``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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