Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1393874298 |
| Date: | Sat Nov 14 03:19:17 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The spectator is drawn by the
essential identity
of the piece into
the world of single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings.
An important part of this particular work is that it is not completely abstract.
Paradoxically,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
power and authority
undulate towards the centre of the drawing,
suggesting
unreliability.
A perpetually
evolving
network,
the outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of which
remains unchanged,
is sometimes transformed
by the understanding
of the viewer.
Contrasts of the senses of smell and sight
emphasise
the
broad scope
of this image.
Of a sudden, we see the short vertical line symbolising power and authority undulate towards the centre of the image, suggesting inconstancy. ``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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