Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056507152 |
| Date: | Wed Oct 7 10:42:11 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The artist avoids
a limited canvas
to restrict the
colours, which in this way
stand alone.
This striking piece is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
dominant angularity and horizontality
where the relationship of the viewer to the piece
is
the sensuality of extinction.
Such forms, quietly formal, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
Such forms, both serene and tranquil, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment.
Paradoxically,
we see the
leading centralism
symbolising
the inner ego
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
``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] |
| next work |