Pretentious Yet Pointless
The dominant angularity and horizontality in this work, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind delicate lissome curves... A central underlying meaning of this painting is the arena of contrasting sugar and wine contrasting strongly with the dominant angularity and horizontality so clearly visible. A particularly contentious aspect of the prototype is that it is a primary sense which belongs to the basic senses of our psychology. The painting shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The arena of contrasting summer and autumn in this sketch, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind similitude of sugar and wine...