Pretentious Yet Pointless
The artist employs traditional proportions to define the colours, which therefore stand alone.
The spectator is drawn by the essential identity of the work into the world of invaluable cultural icons. Sol Aris has not supplied the individuality of this drawing. The viewer is drawn by the essential identity of the image into the world of images rich in meaning and emotion.
This image is integral to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the here and now experience of form and space where the essential identity to the piece is a reflection of the artist's soul. The world of white wine and honey of Sol Aris's previous works are clearly visible here, but transformed. The piece shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The artist employs a rectangular grid to define the colours, which can by this means float free. It is important to understand that the major feature of Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages the artist to define form in terms of dimensionality, rather than representational versimilitude. The writhing curves are enjoined in a tribute to celebration. Contrasts of dark and light march across the vastness of this carving.
The never-ending curves are intertwined in a homage to celebration.
It is important to understand that the major feature of Shaker æsthetics is that it encourages the artist to define the composition in terms of space, rather than weight. Unexpectedly, we see the diagonal axis for the self undulate towards the centre of the work, suggesting inconstancy. Such forms, both monumental and poetic, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
The painting shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
Contrasts of the senses of smell and sound dominate the emptiness of the image.