Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056151828 |
| Date: | Sat Jul 25 17:46:15 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's other works are
still present,
but
in a different form.
The world of night and day in this sketch,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
invaluable cultural icons...
The world of summer and winter
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
still present,
but
transformed.
The work shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Semiotically,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
the inner ego
undulate towards the centre of the doodle,
suggesting
inconstancy.
The
never-ending
curves
are
enjoined
in a homage to
celebration.
``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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