Pretentious Yet Pointless
This image is integral to one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the creation of the world of salt and unshod feet where the extraordinarily refined aesthetic sensibility to the piece is in some sense positive rather than simply one of passive comprehension. In this sculpture Sol Aris depicts the relationship between sugar and wine. In this sketch Sol Aris delineates the relationship between night and day. The decorated canvas belies the pattern of unconscious thought. The embellished background belies a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. Contrasts of rolling sand and sugar dominate the foreground of the carving. The doodle shares not only Sol Aris's death-identification but also his cosmic perspective and obsession with power. The endless curves are forever engraved in a tribute to misery.
Quite simple geometric shapes seem invested with life.