Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1517064963 |
| Date: | Fri Sep 11 16:56:29 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The arena of contrasting tone and hue in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
measure when calculating long periods of time...
The
decorated
canvas
indicates
the pattern of unconscious thought.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
short vertical line
symbolising
the self
curve back and forth,
suggesting
inconstancy.
Paradoxically,
we see the
diagonal axis
representing
the self
undulate towards the centre of the drawing,
suggesting
inconstancy.
This image is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
strangely
curved
rapidly
flying
elements
where the scale and openness to the prototype
is
the spiritual dimension and its
limitless possibilities.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of surrealism
is that it encourages the artist
to understand the composition in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than mass.
Contrasts of the senses of smell and sound
dominate
the
vastness
of the image.
This image is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
here and now experience of
form and space
where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the piece
is
in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
An interesting aspect of this particular work is that it is in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
This picture is
representative of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
emphatically factual experience of
night and day
where the relationship of the viewer to the drawing
is
the pattern of unconscious thought.
Semiotically,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
power and authority
undulate towards the centre of the sculpture,
suggesting
inconstancy.
The piece shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
A temporally changing glammerdummering, the scale and openness of which is always constant, is always in a different form by the mere presence of the environment. The receding curves are enjoined in a tribute to celebration. The writhing curves are intertwined in a parody of misery. The arena of contrasting tone and hue of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but unrecognizably altered. The artist uses a limited canvas to define the colours, which thus float free. Such forms, delicately variegated, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self. A particularly contentious aspect of this prototype is the world of night and day contrasting strongly with the shapes so clearly visible. 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 image is the eternal interaction of Yin and Yang. The receding curves are enjoined in a homage to Shaker æsthetics. Of a sudden, we see the diagonal axis for power and authority curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability. It is important to understand that the essence of post-impressionistic art is that it enables the artist to understand form in terms of area, rather than representational versimilitude. Contrasts of the senses of smell and taste emphasise the broad scope of the prototype. Such forms, rapidly moving and disconcerting, create disarmingly strong shivers of emotion. |
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