Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 1956057849 |
| Date: | Sun Nov 30 01:05:13 EST 2025 |
| Description: |
The
essence of post-impressionistic art
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than mass.
The shapes
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
The artist avoids
a rectangular grid
to define the
colours, which therefore
float free.
The shapes in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images rich
in meaning and emotive power...
``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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