Pretentious Yet Pointless

	Pretentious Yet Pointless

Artist:	Aris, Sol
Medium:	Acrylics on virtual canvas
Title:	Randomly generated image 1517214984
Date:	Wed Oct 7 23:07:41 UTC 2026
Description:	Unexpectedly, we see the short vertical line symbolising strength undulate towards the centre of the doodle, suggesting unreliability. The shapes of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but transformed. The impersonal forms and industrial colours in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind images rich in insight and association... Of a sudden, we see the short vertical line for the self curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability. Such forms, quietly formal, create a strong interplay of forces. An interesting side of this particular piece is that it is a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. It is important to understand that the idea behind stereometric construction is that it enables the artist to define form in terms of space, rather than representational versimilitude. An interesting side of the image is that it is not completely concrete. Sol Aris has not described the colour pallette of this drawing. This striking piece is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the arena of contrasting sugar and bare feet where the scale and openness to the image is the sensuality of intoxification. Contrasts of colour and space dominate the foreground of the work. The never-ending curves are forever engraved in a homage to celebration. This image is integral to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the shapes where the relationship of the spectator to the work is a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. The piece shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. In neo-impressionism, the visual phenomena of the manifest world are, in themselves, empty: the important thing is feeling, as such. Semiotically, we see the short vertical line for the inner ego undulate towards the centre of the work, suggesting unreliability. In abstract art, the visual phenomena of the unexplored world are, in themselves, meaningless: the significant thing is feeling, as such. The spectator is drawn by the scale and openness of the image into the world of duty, responsibility, discipline and work. ``This painting exemplifies the collage-like arrangements by which surrealist painters brought together apparently unrelated objects to create a striking visual poetry, intended to reflect the pattern of unconscious thought.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.162]
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