Pretentious Yet Pointless | |
| Artist: | Aris, Sol |
| Medium: | Acrylics on virtual canvas |
| Title: | Randomly generated image 2056811414 |
| Date: | Fri Nov 13 00:47:53 UTC 2026 |
| Description: |
It is useful to note that the
essence of post-impressionistic art
is that it encourages the viewer
to understand form in terms of
area,
rather than representational versimilitude.
A notable feature of this doodle is the arena of contrasting tone and hue
contrasting strongly with
the world of dark and light so clearly visible.
Unexpectedly,
we see the
leading centralism
symbolising
strength
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
In the Suprematist school,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the significant
thing is feeling, as such.
It is useful to note that the
essence of Shaker æsthetics
is that it encourages the artist
to understand form in terms of
space,
rather than odour.
A particularly contentious aspect of this particular image is that it is a division of space that parallels
our innermost confusion.
A notable feature of this work is the gently
stretched
upward
reaching
articulations
contrasting strongly with
the emphatically factual experience of
size and perception of the carving.
The shapes
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
still present,
but
unrecognizably altered.
``This art, facing forwards and inwards, is of images of expectation and spiritual progress that are freighted with no historical context at all and which owe little to the appearance of observed reality.'' [Brian Keeble, on Cecil Collins, Temeno 11, London, 1990, p.114] |
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