Pretentious Yet Pointless
An interesting side of this sketch is the arena of contrasting colour and space contrasting strongly with the impersonal forms and industrial colours of the prototype. Such forms, rabid and disconcerting, create a strong interplay of forces. A particularly contentious aspect of this drawing is the shapes contrasting strongly with the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate not completely abstract. The artist avoids a rectangular grid to shape the colours, which thus subsist in a world of their own choosing. An important part of this work is the here and now experience of form and space contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting tone and hue to indicate the pattern of unconscious thought. Unexpectedly, we see the short vertical line representing power and authority undulate towards the centre of the work, suggesting inconstancy. The sketch shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
The artist employs traditional proportions to shape the colours, which in this way subsist in a world of their own making. The work shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The spectator is drawn by the scale and openness of the work into the world of delicate lissome curves.