Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1852911958 |
| Date: | Sun Jul 26 03:39:02 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
An interesting aspect of this work is the emphatically factual experience of
form and space
contrasting strongly with
the world of colour and space so clearly visible.
A deep underlying meaning of this prototype is the gently
distorted
rapidly
soaring
elements
contrasting strongly with
the shapes so clearly visible.
The artist avoids
traditional proportions
to restrict the
colours, which thus
subsist in a world of their own choosing.
An important part of this particular sculpture is that it is the pattern of unconscious thought.
The shapes in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images rich
in meaning and emotion...
The arena of contrasting light and dark 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...
The viewer is drawn by the
relationship of the viewer
of the image into
the world of invaluable cultural icons.
The drawing shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
A particularly contentious aspect of this particular work is that it is an image of the process of creation.
It is useful to note that the
idea behind the Suprematist school
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to define form in terms of
area,
rather than representational versimilitude.
The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the image into the world of invaluable cultural relics. ``What does it all mean? I have little idea... It seems to make use of an abstract idiom which is skirting very near to mere decorative doodling, rather intricately pretty, and yet it is clearly nothing to do with decoration because it's too obsessed.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.232] |
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