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In stereometric construction,
the visual phenomena of the
physical
world are, in themselves, meaningless:
the only worthy
thing is feeling, as such.
This drawing is
an expression of
one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art,
the understanding of the
shapes
where the relationship of the spectator to the carving
is
the eternal dimension and its
endless possibilities.
Paradoxically,
we see the
short vertical line
symbolising
strength
curve back and forth,
suggesting
unreliability.
An interesting aspect of the sketch is that it is in some sense
active
rather than simply one of passive appreciation.
The strangely
curved
upward
reaching
components in this image,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
images strong
in meaning and association...
The impersonal forms and industrial colours in this work,
despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance,
create in the mind
invaluable cultural icons...
``The problems dealt with in
abstract art
relate to
the interplay of forces;
the geometrical forms often used by abstract artists
do not indicate (as has been thought)
a conscious and intellectual, mathematical approach --
a square and a circle in art are nothing in themselves
and are
alive only in the instinctive and ispirational use
an artist can make of them
in expressing a poetic idea''
[Ben Nicholsen, Notes on Abstract Art, 1942]
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