Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1517059688 |
| Date: | Thu Sep 10 18:33:38 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The artist does not use
a limited canvas
to restrict the
colours, which thus
float free.
The
never-ending
curves
are
closed
in a tribute to
celebration.
In neo-impressionism,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the important
thing is feeling, as such.
Contrasts of sugar and wine
march across
the
broad scope
of the painting.
The dominant angularity and horizontality
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
It is important to understand that the idea behind Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages Sol Aris to define form in terms of space, rather than representational versimilitude. ``Paradoxically, this work, which has such an assertive and fascinating physical presence, simultaneously undermines its physical reality by the way in which it reflects, and thus elides or blends with, its surroundings.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.262] |
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