Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393868601 |
| Date: | Fri Nov 13 22:38:25 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An important part of this sculpture is the shapes
contrasting strongly with
the shapes to indicate the eternal or spiritual dimension and its
endless possibilities.
The prototype shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The world of spring and autumn
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
``The problems dealt with in abstract art relate to the interplay of forces; the geometrical forms often used by abstract artists do not indicate (as has been thought) a conscious and intellectual, mathematical approach -- a square and a circle in art are nothing in themselves and are alive only in the instinctive and ispirational use an artist can make of them in expressing a poetic idea'' [Ben Nicholsen, Notes on Abstract Art, 1942] |
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