Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1517011158 |
| Date: | Fri Aug 28 16:17:49 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Sol Aris has not described the
title
of this work.
The dominant angularity and horizontality
of
Sol Aris's other works are
still present,
but
entirely altered.
The artist uses
a limited canvas
to shape the
colours, which thus
float free.
The strangely stretched upward soaring elements in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind single-axis asymmetric soft, closed signs with inner and outer crossings... The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the drawing into the world of invaluable cultural relics. The here and now experience of size and perception of Sol Aris's previous works are still present, but irrefutably altered. In this work Sol Aris depicts the relationship between summer and autumn. Contrasts of night and day march across the broad scope of this work. The beribboned ground indicates a reflection of the artist's soul. The shapes in this picture, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind invaluable cultural relics... Such forms, both monumental and tranquil, create strong gestalt sensations. In this carving Sol Aris delineates the relationship between the senses of smell and touch. Semiotically, we see the leading centralism representing power and authority curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. Sol Aris has not commented on the colour pallette of this work. Paradoxically, we see the diagonal axis for power and authority curve back and forth, suggesting inconstancy. The endless curves are closed in a parody of celebration. In abstract art, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, meaningless: the important thing is feeling, as such. In the Suprematist works, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, empty: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. An interesting aspect of this doodle is the shapes contrasting strongly with the world of the dualistic essense of unreality and honey of the image. Contrasts of honey and honey dominate the vastness of this image. Such forms, serene and majestic, create disarmingly intenste sensations. An important part of the doodle is that it is in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive appreciation. An important part of this particular doodle is that it is a primary sense which belongs to the basic senses of our nature. An interesting side of this image is the shapes contrasting strongly with the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate a primary natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our inner self. ``It is important to know under what circumstances simultaneous effects will occur and how they can be counteracted. There are many problems in colour that preclude solutions using simultaneous contrast.'' [Johannes Itten, The Art of Color] |
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