Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056172084 |
| Date: | Thu Jul 30 20:00:49 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
It is useful to note that the
essence of post-impressionistic art
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to define the composition in terms of
space,
rather than weight.
The dominant angularity and horizontality
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
still present,
but
in a different form.
In neo-impressionism,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, unimportant:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
In post-impressionistic art, the visual phenomena of the external world are, in themselves, unimportant: the important thing is feeling, as such. It is important to understand that the essence of Shaker æsthetics is that it enables Sol Aris to define form in terms of space, rather than weight. The viewer is drawn by the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility of the doodle into the world of duty, responsibility, discipline and work. ``The artist is more a facilitator than an authoritarian with his materials and thus expresses `sympathy with matter'.'' [Robert Morris: Works of the Eighties, p.26., Edward F. Fry and Donald P. Kuspit] |
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