Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056546820 |
| Date: | Wed Oct 14 17:33:52 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Semiotically,
we see the
short vertical line
symbolising
power and authority
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
An interesting aspect of this sketch is the world of the senses of smell and touch
contrasting strongly with
the shapes so clearly visible.
In this painting Sol Aris
shows
the relationship between
sugar and white wine.
An interesting aspect of this sculpture is the impersonal forms and industrial colours
contrasting strongly with
the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate the eternal or spiritual dimension and its
endless possibilities.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Sol Aris has not supplied the
individuality
of this work.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
diagonal axis
representing
the inner ego
undulate towards the centre of the sketch,
suggesting
unreliability.
Semiotically,
we see the
leading centralism
symbolising
power and authority
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
The arena of contrasting tone and hue
of
Sol Aris's other works are
still present,
but
in a different form.
This striking piece is
integral to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the understanding of the
dominant angularity and horizontality
where the scale and openness to the drawing
is
a reflection of the artist's soul.
In Shaker æsthetics,
the visual phenomena of the
manifest
world are, in themselves, empty:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
``What does it all mean? I have little idea... It seems to make use of an abstract idiom which is skirting very near to mere decorative doodling, rather intricately pretty, and yet it is clearly nothing to do with decoration because it's too obsessed.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.232] |
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