Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1853069786 |
| Date: | Fri Aug 28 23:41:49 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The work shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Contrasts of colour and space
march across
the
foreground
of this drawing.
A notable feature of this image is the shapes
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting night and day so clearly visible.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of post-impressionistic art
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to understand the composition in terms of
space,
rather than odour.
This image is
an expression of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
strongly
stretched
quickly
soaring
elements
where the scale and openness to the piece
is
in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
The
writhing
curves
are
intertwined
in a parody of
the Suprematist theory.
``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] |
| next work |