Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056429504 |
| Date: | Wed Sep 23 04:46:09 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Sol Aris has not commented on the
title
of this carving.
Contrasts of colour and space
dominate
the
expanse
of the drawing.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, empty:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
The
endless
curves
are
forever engraved
in a glorious send-up of
celebration.
In surrealism,
the visual phenomena of the
objective
world are, in themselves, empty:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
The work shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Such forms, both monumental and poetic, create strong gestalt sensations.
A particularly contentious aspect of this picture is the arena of contrasting tone and hue
contrasting strongly with
the dominant angularity and horizontality of the carving.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
power and authority
undulate towards the centre of the carving,
suggesting
inconstancy.
``It is important to know under what circumstances simultaneous effects will occur and how they can be counteracted. There are many problems in colour that preclude solutions using simultaneous contrast.'' [Johannes Itten, The Art of Color] |
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