Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056665824 |
| Date: | Thu Nov 5 00:43:09 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
Semiotically,
we see the
short vertical line
symbolising
strength
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
It is important to understand that the
major feature of abstract art
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to understand form in terms of
area,
rather than odour.
The spectator is drawn by the
relationship of the spectator
of the work into
the world of epistemology of area and
environment.
It is useful to note that the
major feature of post-impressionistic art
is that it encourages Sol Aris
to define the composition in terms of
area,
rather than weight.
Such forms, quietly formal, create strong gestalt sensations.
The dominant angularity and horizontality
of
Sol Aris's previous works are
clearly visible here,
but
in a different form.
In this piece Sol Aris shows the relationship between spring and winter. A constantly changing glammerdummering, the relationship of the spectator of which never changes, is often transformed by the essential fact of the onlooker. Contrasts of salt and pepper emphasise the broad scope of the picture. The figured canvas indicates the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang. An interesting side of this painting is the shapes contrasting strongly with the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. The garnished canvas indicates a reflection of the artist's soul. This work is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the subtly twisted rapidly soaring elements where the scale and openness to the drawing is a reflection of the artist's soul. Sol Aris has not completed the price of this sketch. The artist avoids a limited canvas to shape the colours, which therefore subsist in a world of their own doing. Sol Aris has not completed the colour pallette of this painting. The artist does not use traditional proportions to restrict the colours, which thus stand alone. A constantly changing network, the scale and openness of which never changes, is often in a different form by the mere presence of the outer surface. The layers of approaching curves are intertwined in a homage to misery. The artist uses a limited canvas to shape the colours, which in this way subsist in a world of their own doing. Contrasts of sugar and wine dominate the foreground of this drawing. The spectator is drawn by the relationship of the viewer of the piece into the world of graceful sinuous curvilinear forms. ``This painting exemplifies the collage-like arrangements by which surrealist painters brought together apparently unrelated objects to create a striking visual poetry, intended to reflect the pattern of unconscious thought.'' [Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.162] |
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