Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1517125731 |
| Date: | Mon Sep 21 17:49:46 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The
ornamented
figure
belies
in some sense
positive
rather than simply one of passive comprehension.
The dominant angularity and horizontality in this doodle,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings...
An interesting side of the image is that it is not completely concrete.
It is important to understand that the
essence of Shaker æsthetics
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to understand form in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than odour.
A perpetually
evolving
glammerdummering,
the outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of which
remains unchanged,
is sometimes in a different form
by the mere presence
of the onlooker.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The artist employs traditional proportions to define the colours, which therefore subsist in a world of their own choosing. The artist employs a rectangular grid to contain the colours, which in this way float free. The endless curves are intertwined in a tribute to abstract art. Of a sudden, we see the diagonal axis for the self undulate towards the centre of the drawing, suggesting unreliability. Such forms, serene and tranquil, create disarmingly strong shivers of emotion. The viewer is drawn by the relationship of the viewer of the work into the world of deprivations, inhibitions and poverty. The artist employs a rectangular grid to restrict the colours, which can by this means subsist in a world of their own making. A notable feature of the picture is that it is a primary natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our spirituality. The arena of contrasting dark and light of Sol Aris's previous works are clearly visible here, but in a different form. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interplay of forces. An interesting side of this doodle is the arena of contrasting tone and hue contrasting strongly with the impersonal forms and industrial colours to indicate in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive comprehension. Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interaction of forces. Sol Aris has not supplied the aspect ratio of this drawing. A particularly contentious aspect of this work is the impersonal forms and industrial colours contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting sugar and wine of the carving. The shapes of Sol Aris's earlier works are still present, but transformed. The never-ending curves are intertwined in a tribute to misery. The prototype shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The figured figure enriches the pattern of unconscious thought. This drawing is quintessential to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the arena of contrasting salt and rolling sand where the relationship of the spectator to the image is the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang. It is useful to note that the major feature of surrealism is that it encourages the viewer to define the composition in terms of area, rather than odour. |
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