Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1516998076 |
| Date: | Mon Aug 24 15:56:51 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An important part of this particular painting is that it is a reflection of the process of creation.
This image is
an expression of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
shapes
where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the piece
is
the eternal contrast of Yin and Yang.
It is important to understand that the
essence of stereometric construction
is that it enables the artist
to define the composition in terms of
area,
rather than weight.
Contrasts of salt and pepper
emphasise
the
broad scope
of the painting.
It is useful to note that the
idea behind constructive colour theory
is that it enables Sol Aris
to understand the composition in terms of
area,
rather than representational versimilitude.
The
garnished
canvas
enriches
in some sense
positive
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
Contrasts of white wine and honey
dominate
the
foreground
of the work.
The shapes in this picture,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
the senses of smell and sound...
The shapes in this drawing,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
deprivations, inhibitions and poverty...
Contrasts of dark and light emphasise the expanse of this piece. In surrealism, the visual phenomena of the external world are, in themselves, unimportant: the important thing is feeling, as such. Contrasts of dark and light dominate the broad scope of the drawing. Semiotically, we see the diagonal axis representing strength curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. Contrasts of light and dark march across the foreground of the work. Sol Aris has not completed the title of this work. A central underlying meaning of this work is the impersonal forms and industrial colours contrasting strongly with the here and now experience of form and space of the drawing. An interesting side of this drawing is the shapes contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue to indicate the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang. The impersonal forms and industrial colours in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind deprivations, inhibitions and poverty... An important part of this image is the dominant angularity and horizontality contrasting strongly with the impersonal forms and industrial colours of the image. A perpetually evolving glammerdümmering, the essential identity of which is always the same, is sometimes transformed by the essential fact of the environment. Unexpectedly, we see the leading centralism representing the self undulate towards the centre of the prototype, suggesting unreliability. Contrasts of night and day emphasise the emptiness of this piece. The spectator is drawn by the relationship of the viewer of the image into the world of invaluable cultural relics. The garnished background belies a natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our inner self. Sol Aris has not completed the aspect ratio of this piece. The artist uses a rectangular grid to define the colours, which therefore float free. ``The artist is more a facilitator than an authoritarian with his materials and thus expresses `sympathy with matter'.'' [Robert Morris: Works of the Eighties, p.26., Edward F. Fry and Donald P. Kuspit] |
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