Why Your 5 Year Old Could Not Have Done That is Susie Hodge's
passionate and persuasive argument against the most common
disparaging remark levelled at modern art. In this enjoyable and
thought-provoking book, she examines 100 works of modern art that
have attracted critical and public hostility - from Cy Twombly's
scribbled Olympia (1957), Jean-Michel Basquiat's crude but
spontaneous 'LNAPRK' (1982), to the apparently careless mess of
Tracey Emin's My Bed (1998) - and explains how, far from being
negligible novelties, they are inspired and logical extensions of
the ideas of their time. She explains how such notorious works as
Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII (1966) - the infamous bricks - occupy
unique niches in the history of ideas, both showing influences of
past artists and themselves influencing subsequent artists. With
illustrations of works from Hans Arp to Adolf Woelfli, Hodge places
each work in its cultural context to present an unforgettable
vision of modern art. This book will give you an understanding of
the ways in which modern art differs from the realistic works of
earlier centuries, transforming as well as informing your gallery
visits for years to come.
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