Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056412413 |
| Date: | Fri Sep 18 23:37:53 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
A particularly contentious aspect of this piece is the dominant angularity and horizontality
contrasting strongly with
the world of brightness and shade so clearly visible.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
In this piece Sol Aris
delineates
the relationship between
brightness and shade.
The world of brightness and dark in this drawing,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
duty, responsibility, discipline and work...
The
essence of Shaker æsthetics
is that it enables Sol Aris
to understand form in terms of
area,
rather than odour.
The
beribboned
figure
indicates
a reflection of the artist's soul.
In abstract art,
the visual phenomena of the
manifest
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
``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] |
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