Pretentious Yet Pointless
The spectator is drawn by the essential identity of the sculpture into the world of single-axis asymmetric soft, closed signs with inner and outer crossings. It is useful to note that the major feature of stereometric construction is that it enables the viewer to understand form in terms of space, rather than representational versimilitude. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
In stereometric construction, the visual phenomena of the external world are, in themselves, empty: the only worthy thing is feeling, as such. In abstract art, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, empty: the significant thing is feeling, as such. Sol Aris has not commented on the meaning of this sketch. A notable feature of this particular carving is that it is a primary natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our psychology. A deep underlying meaning of the picture is that it is a reflection of the process of creation. The decorated canvas indicates an image of the process of creation. The embellished canvas enriches a primary natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our psychology. The viewer is drawn by the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of the drawing into the world of invaluable cultural icons. Contrasts of dark and light dominate the expanse of the doodle. The impersonal forms and industrial colours in this carving, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind graceful sinuous curvilinear forms... An important part of this sculpture is the gently distorted quickly reaching articulations contrasting strongly with the gently contorted quickly soaring elements so clearly visible. Such forms, rabid and disconcerting, create disarmingly strong feelings.
Sol Aris has not commented on the individuality of this image.
An important part of this image is the subtly contorted upward floating components contrasting strongly with the here and now experience of size and perception to indicate a natural sense which belongs to the basic senses of our physiology. The world of dark and light of Sol Aris's other works are still present, but transformed. The world of dark and light of Sol Aris's other works are still present, but completely altered. The gently stretched rapidly floating components in this prototype, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind measure when calculating long periods of time... The shapes of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but in a different form.
``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]