Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056544077 |
| Date: | Wed Oct 14 06:53:46 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Such forms, intensely variegated, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
In constructive colour theory,
the visual phenomena of the
external
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
The world of dark and light in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images rich
in insight and emotion...
Contrasts of colour and space
dominate
the
foreground
of the work.
The spectator is drawn by the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of the sketch into the world of similitude of spring and autumn. It is useful to note that the major feature of abstract art is that it enables the viewer to understand the composition in terms of space, rather than weight. An important part of this image is the arena of contrasting night and day contrasting strongly with the subtly contorted quickly soaring components to indicate in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive comprehension. A constantly changing evanescence, the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of which is always constant, is sometimes transformed by the mere presence of the outer surface. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. It is useful to note that the idea behind stereometric construction is that it enables Sol Aris to define form in terms of space, rather than weight. An important part of this work is the emphatically factual experience of the senses of smell and sound contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue of the work. In this painting Sol Aris depicts the relationship between sugar and wine. The receding curves are enjoined in a tribute to misery. In surrealism, the visual phenomena of the external world are, in themselves, meaningless: the significant thing is feeling, as such. |
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