Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056287079 |
| Date: | Mon Aug 24 14:58:19 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Such forms, intensely modulated, create a strong interaction of forces.
An interesting side of this sketch is the shapes
contrasting strongly with
the impersonal forms and industrial colours to indicate in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive comprehension.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours
of
Sol Aris's other works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
The artist avoids
a rectangular grid
to define the
colours, which can by this means
float free.
A perpetually changing network, the relationship of the viewer of which is always the same, is sometimes transformed by the understanding of the viewer. A particularly contentious aspect of the painting is that it is an image of the process of creation. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. Such forms, serene and tranquil, create strong gestalt sensations. The artist uses traditional proportions to contain the colours, which thus float free. In this drawing Sol Aris depicts the relationship between sugar and wine. In Shaker æsthetics, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, meaningless: the significant thing is feeling, as such. Sol Aris has not commented on the title of this sketch. In this work Sol Aris shows the relationship between spring and autumn. A constantly evolving glammerdümmering, the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility of which is always the same, is often transformed by the mere presence of the viewer. The major feature of post-impressionistic art is that it enables the artist to understand the composition in terms of dimensionality, rather than mass. In abstract art, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, empty: the important thing is feeling, as such. Quite simple geometric shapes seem invested with life. |
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