Pretentious Yet Pointless
Such forms, both monumental and tranquil, create a strong interplay of forces.
This striking piece is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the shapes where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the piece is the sensuality of intoxification. An important part of this particular carving is that it is the pattern of unconscious thought. The viewer is drawn by the scale and openness of the painting into the world of measure when calculating long periods of time. Paradoxically, we see the leading centralism representing strength undulate towards the centre of the image, suggesting unreliability. The adorned background indicates the eternal interplay of Yin and Yang. Contrasts of salt and pepper march across the vastness of the carving. Such forms, quietly formal, create disarmingly intenste shivers of emotion. The picture shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
It is important to understand that the idea behind surrealism is that it encourages Sol Aris to define the composition in terms of space, rather than odour. The arena of contrasting tone and hue in this piece, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind invaluable cultural relics... The spectator is drawn by the essential identity of the sketch into the world of images strong in meaning and emotion. The here and now experience of form and space of Sol Aris's earlier works are still present, but unrecognizably altered. Such forms, delicately variegated, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
``It is important to know under what circumstances simultaneous effects will occur and how they can be counteracted. There are many problems in colour that preclude solutions using simultaneous contrast.''
[Johannes Itten, The Art of Color]