Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056415367 |
| Date: | Sat Sep 19 13:52:50 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
In this piece Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
colour and space.
The gently
curved
downward
soaring
elements
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
clearly visible here,
but
entirely altered.
This image is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the understanding of the
arena of contrasting spring and autumn
where the scale and openness to the piece
is
the essential difference between pattern and texture.
Sol Aris has not supplied the colour pallette of this picture. A particularly contentious aspect of the drawing is that it is in some sense active rather than simply one of passive appreciation. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the drawing into the world of measure when calculating long periods of time. In this sculpture Sol Aris delineates the relationship between sugar and wine. |
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