Pretentious Yet Pointless
It is useful to note that the idea behind neo-impressionism is that it encourages the artist to define form in terms of space, rather than odour. The never-ending curves are forever engraved in a parody of misery. It is important to understand that the idea behind Shaker æsthetics is that it enables the viewer to define form in terms of area, rather than representational versimilitude.
The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the work into the world of similarity of night and day.
The painting shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
``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]