Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1517039432 |
| Date: | Sat Sep 5 06:01:40 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
In abstract art,
the visual phenomena of the
unexplored
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
It is useful to note that the
major feature of constructive colour theory
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to understand form in terms of
space,
rather than odour.
The carving shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The spectator is drawn by the
scale and openness
of the work into
the world of duty, responsibility, discipline and work.
The viewer is drawn by the
relationship of the spectator
of the work into
the world of the senses of smell and sound.
``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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