Pretentious Yet Pointless
This striking piece is representative of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the arena of contrasting tone and hue where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the piece is in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive comprehension. The arena of contrasting the senses of sight and smell of Sol Aris's earlier works are clearly visible here, but irrefutably altered. Of a sudden, we see the short vertical line symbolising strength curve back and forth, suggesting unreliability.
``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]