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This image is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the creation of the
impersonal forms and industrial colours
where the scale and openness to the painting
is
the pattern of unconscious thought.
The artist avoids
a rectangular grid
to shape the
colours, which in this way
float free.
The
figured
canvas
enriches
the essential distinction between pattern and texture.
This striking piece is
quintessential to
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the perception of the
arena of contrasting salt and pepper
where the essential identity to the piece
is
an image of the process of creation.
A deep underlying meaning of the picture is that it is a division of space that parallels
the divisions and interstices of the mind.
Such forms, serene and majestic, create disarmingly strong shivers of emotion.
Of a sudden,
we see the
leading centralism
representing
power and authority
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
Such forms, both monumental and tranquil, create complex and fascinating interactions with the environment.
The
idea behind stereometric construction
is that it enables the artist
to define form in terms of
dimensionality,
rather than weight.
``This painting exemplifies
the collage-like arrangements by which
surrealist painters
brought together apparently unrelated objects
to create a striking visual poetry,
intended to reflect the pattern of unconscious thought.''
[Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.162]
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