Pretentious Yet Pointless
The spectator is drawn by the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of the sketch into the world of images rich in insight and emotive power. Sol Aris has not supplied the price of this sculpture. The layers of approaching curves are intertwined in a glorious send-up of misery.
Sol Aris has not completed the price of this sketch.
In this sketch Sol Aris shows the relationship between the senses of smell and touch. Contrasts of the senses of smell and sight march across the vastness of the picture. Such forms, violent and disconcerting, create a strong interaction of forces.
The never-ending curves are forever engraved in a glorious send-up of celebration. A deep underlying meaning of this work is the dominant angularity and horizontality contrasting strongly with the world of dark and light of the work. In post-impressionistic art, the visual phenomena of the external world are, in themselves, empty: the significant thing is feeling, as such. Sol Aris has not supplied the title of this piece. In this sculpture Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between salt and pepper. Unexpectedly, we see the short vertical line symbolising strength undulate towards the centre of the sculpture, suggesting unreliability.
The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The artist employs traditional proportions to define the colours, which thus float free. The world of light and shade of Sol Aris's other works are still present, but in a different form. The ornamented background enriches the spiritual dimension and its endless possibilities. The carving shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
``The dialogue created by the comination of textures, colours, and dimensions evokes nature in its pure, controlled, yet fanciful expression. Sensorial expreiences and organic abstractions represent man's drive for interpreting reality and our mental processes. In a seemingly chaotic world, the artist struggles to find inner serenity and to convey it in his work. Each piece becomes a unique instance of wholeness within the labyringht of life.'' [describing Alex Garcin, Untitled 2004]