Pretentious Yet Pointless
This work is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the arena of contrasting salt and pepper where the relationship of the viewer to the piece is in some sense active rather than simply one of passive comprehension. The endless curves are intertwined in a tribute to misery. It is useful to note that the major feature of surrealism is that it enables the viewer to define form in terms of area, rather than representational versimilitude. The garnished figure belies the eternal contrast of Yin and Yang.
``Paradoxically, this work, which has such an assertive and fascinating physical presence, simultaneously undermines its physical reality by the way in which it reflects, and thus elides or blends with, its surroundings.''
[Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.262]