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The
adorned
background
belies
the eternal contrast of Yin and Yang.
The viewer is drawn by the
extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility
of the image into
the world of measure when calculating long periods of time.
The prototype shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
A particularly contentious aspect of this sculpture is the strongly
stretched
downward
reaching
articulations
contrasting strongly with
the dominant angularity and horizontality to indicate the essential difference between pattern and texture.
Paradoxically,
we see the
diagonal axis
for
strength
undulate towards the centre of the sculpture,
suggesting
inconstancy.
A deep underlying meaning of this painting is the world of summer and winter
contrasting strongly with
the impersonal forms and industrial colours to indicate an image of the process of creation.
The image shares not only Sol Aris's
death-identification
but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power.
A deep underlying meaning of this work is the arena of contrasting tone and hue
contrasting strongly with
the dominant angularity and horizontality of the prototype.
``Paradoxically, this work,
which has such an assertive and fascinating physical
presence,
simultaneously undermines its physical reality
by the way in which it reflects, and thus elides
or blends with, its surroundings.''
[Tate Gallery Guide, 1990, p.262]
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