Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056543655 |
| Date: | Wed Oct 14 05:16:42 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
This striking piece is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the understanding of the
strongly
stretched
upward
reaching
components
where the essential identity to the image
is
not completely concrete.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
the inner ego
undulate towards the centre of the painting,
suggesting
unreliability.
An important part of this particular carving is that it is the essential contrast between pattern and texture.
A notable feature of this work is the arena of contrasting tone and hue
contrasting strongly with
the arena of contrasting tone and hue of the work.
The spectator is drawn by the
outstanding aesthetic sensibility
of the image into
the world of similarity of the senses of smell and sound.
The shapes in this prototype,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
slender lissome curvilinear forms...
Semiotically,
we see the
short vertical line
for
power and authority
curve back and forth,
suggesting
inconstancy.
This striking piece is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
here and now experience of
the freedom of the flying walrus and honey
where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the carving
is
a primary natural sense
which belongs to the basic senses of
our physiology.
The shapes in this sculpture,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
single-axis asymmetric soft,
closed signs with inner and outer crossings...
An important part of this image is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the world of rolling sand and salt of the image.
In this work Sol Aris
delineates
the relationship between
brightness and shade.
Sol Aris has not commented on the
title
of this work.
Contrasts of the senses of smell and sound
emphasise
the
vastness
of the carving.
The gently
contorted
downward
floating
elements
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
The
beribboned
figure
enriches
a reflection of the artist's soul.
``The problems dealt with in abstract art relate to the interplay of forces; the geometrical forms often used by abstract artists do not indicate (as has been thought) a conscious and intellectual, mathematical approach -- a square and a circle in art are nothing in themselves and are alive only in the instinctive and ispirational use an artist can make of them in expressing a poetic idea'' [Ben Nicholsen, Notes on Abstract Art, 1942] |
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