Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056670677 |
| Date: | Fri Nov 6 20:23:15 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
The impersonal forms and industrial colours in this painting,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
deprivations, inhibitions and hardship...
A temporally
evolving
glammerdümmering,
the essential identity
of which
never changes,
is always unrecognizably altered
by the essential fact
of the reviewer.
The artist uses
traditional proportions
to shape the
colours, which thus
subsist in a world of their own choosing.
An interesting aspect of the image is that it is in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive comprehension.
A particularly contentious aspect of the image is that it is a reflection of the artist's soul.
The impersonal forms and industrial colours in this drawing,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
duty, responsibility, discipline and work...
Semiotically, we see the diagonal axis for the inner ego undulate towards the centre of the work, suggesting unreliability. In stereometric construction, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, empty: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. The piece shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The writhing curves are closed in a parody of celebration. The receding curves are intertwined in a glorious send-up of celebration. The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the work into the world of salt and pepper. Quite simple geometric shapes seem invested with life. |
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