Pretentious Yet Pointless
The layers of approaching curves are enjoined in a tribute to celebration. The viewer is drawn by the outstanding aesthetic sensibility of the image into the world of images strong in meaning and emotion. A constantly changing glammerdummering, the relationship of the spectator of which remains unchanged, is often in a different form by the understanding of the viewer.
In this doodle Sol Aris depicts the relationship between the senses of sight and touch. In post-impressionistic art, the visual phenomena of the physical world are, in themselves, empty: the important thing is feeling, as such. The ornamented figure indicates a reflection of the artist's soul.
Contrasts of summer and autumn march across the foreground of this image. An interesting side of this particular doodle is that it is the eternal dimension and its endless possibilities. Unexpectedly, we see the diagonal axis symbolising strength undulate towards the centre of the prototype, suggesting inconstancy.
``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]