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A constantly
evolving
evanescence,
the essential identity
of which
is always the same,
is often entirely altered
by the understanding
of the onlooker.
The world of night and day
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
still present,
but
in a different form.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The arena of contrasting light and shade in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
invaluable cultural relics...
The artist avoids
a rectangular grid
to define the
colours, which in this way
float free.
In this work Sol Aris
demonstrates clearly
the relationship between
spring and winter.
The arena of contrasting tone and hue
of
Sol Aris's earlier works are
clearly visible here,
but
transformed.
``The problems dealt with in
abstract art
relate to
the interplay of forces;
the geometrical forms often used by abstract artists
do not indicate (as has been thought)
a conscious and intellectual, mathematical approach --
a square and a circle in art are nothing in themselves
and are
alive only in the instinctive and ispirational use
an artist can make of them
in expressing a poetic idea''
[Ben Nicholsen, Notes on Abstract Art, 1942]
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