Pretentious Yet Pointless
A constantly changing glammerdummering, the scale and openness of which remains unchanged, is often transformed by the essential fact of the viewer. The writhing curves are forever engraved in a parody of celebration.
Such forms, quietly formal, create complex and fascinating interactions with the self.
The sculpture shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. Such forms, serene and powerful, create strong gestalt sensations. The doodle shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. A notable feature of this prototype is the emphatically factual experience of the senses of sight and touch contrasting strongly with the impersonal forms and industrial colours to indicate the eternal dimension and its limitless possibilities.
``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]