Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056425495 |
| Date: | Mon Sep 21 11:31:00 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
In the Suprematist works,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
The artist uses
traditional proportions
to restrict the
colours, which therefore
stand alone.
Contrasts of dark and light
march across
the
emptiness
of this drawing.
The artist does not use
a rectangular grid
to shape the
colours, which therefore
float free.
Such forms, rabid and disconcerting, create strong gestalt sensations.
A central underlying meaning of the picture is that it is a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
Such forms, serene and tranquil, create a strong interaction of forces.
A central underlying meaning of this particular piece is that it is the eternal interaction of Yin and Yang.
It is useful to note that the
idea behind constructive colour theory
is that it enables Sol Aris
to understand form in terms of
space,
rather than mass.
The artist does not use
a rectangular grid
to contain the
colours, which in this way
float free.
Contrasts of night and day
emphasise
the
expanse
of this piece.
This striking piece is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
shapes
where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the piece
is
the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang.
The decorated canvas indicates the spiritual dimension and its endless possibilities. It is important to understand that the essence of constructive colour theory is that it encourages Sol Aris to understand form in terms of space, rather than mass. This image is quintessential to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the arena of contrasting tone and hue where the scale and openness to the piece is not completely concrete. Sol Aris has not completed the title of this sculpture. The piece shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. Contrasts of dark and light emphasise the expanse of this image. In stereometric construction, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, meaningless: the significant thing is feeling, as such. The endless curves are intertwined in a parody of misery. The world of light and shade of Sol Aris's other works are still present, but transformed. The impersonal forms and industrial colours of Sol Aris's other works are clearly visible here, but irrefutably altered. The artist avoids a limited canvas to shape the colours, which thus stand alone. In this sculpture Sol Aris delineates the relationship between the senses of smell and taste. ``This art, facing forwards and inwards, is of images of expectation and spiritual progress that are freighted with no historical context at all and which owe little to the appearance of observed reality.'' [Brian Keeble, on Cecil Collins, Temeno 11, London, 1990, p.114] |
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