Pretentious Yet Pointless
In this sculpture Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between night and day. The dominant angularity and horizontality of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but in a different form. A notable feature of this image is the arena of contrasting tone and hue contrasting strongly with the impersonal forms and industrial colours to indicate the essential difference between pattern and texture. A notable feature of this drawing is the arena of contrasting tone and hue contrasting strongly with the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate not completely abstract. Paradoxically, we see the short vertical line symbolising strength curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability. Contrasts of bare hands and lager emphasise the vastness of the sketch.
Such forms, serene and powerful, create strong gestalt sensations. Contrasts of sugar and wine dominate the expanse of the work. This work is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the here and now experience of form and space where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the piece is the eternal or spiritual dimension and its limitless possibilities. Such forms, both monumental and tranquil, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment. A notable feature of this carving is the impersonal forms and industrial colours contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue of the sculpture. This image is integral to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the shapes where the relationship of the viewer to the piece is the eternal interaction of Yin and Yang.
``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]