Pretentious Yet Pointless
The shapes of Sol Aris's previous works are clearly visible here, but transformed. The garnished background enriches a reflection of the process of creation. In neo-impressionism, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, empty: the important thing is feeling, as such. In abstract art, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, empty: the significant thing is feeling, as such. It is important to understand that the essence of constructive colour theory is that it enables the viewer to define the composition in terms of dimensionality, rather than mass. This image is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the shapes where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the image is a reflection of the artist's soul. Sol Aris has not described the individuality of this sketch.
``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]