Statement in ‘what artists like about the art they like when they don’t know why’, compiled by Paul Gardener.
When I was a baby to art I was disarmed by Arthur Dove’s 1925 painting ‘Going’ Fishin’. His unorthodox materials - the use of collage - drove home some point I never expected.
So did
Alvin Lustig’s book-cover illustrations for New Directions Press back in the ‘50s. I had a terrific initial response but I didn’t try to ponder it.
Art has to be something that makes you scratch your head.