Pretentious Yet Pointless
Such forms, quietly formal, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self. The here and now experience of size and perception in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind measure when calculating long periods of time...
In this picture Sol Aris delineates the relationship between light and shade. The painting shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The garnished canvas enriches in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive appreciation. The artist uses traditional proportions to define the colours, which in this way subsist in a world of their own making. This image is integral to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the impersonal forms and industrial colours where the outstanding aesthetic sensibility to the piece is the spiritual dimension and its endless possibilities. The arena of contrasting sugar and wine in this drawing, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind deprivations, inhibitions and hardship...