Pretentious Yet Pointless
The spectator is drawn by the relationship of the spectator of the image into the world of images rich in insight and emotion. In this work Sol Aris demonstrates clearly the relationship between the senses of smell and sight. The endless curves are forever engraved in a tribute to misery. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Such forms, quietly formal, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self. This striking piece is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the perception of the arena of contrasting the senses of sight and taste where the relationship of the spectator to the piece is the essential distinction between pattern and texture.
``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]