Anoka Faruqee, "Pour Painting (with incised grid) and Copy (in 93 colors)," 2005
Painter Ed Ruscha once defined the difference between bad art and good art by saying that when you see bad art your reaction is to say, "Wow! Huh?" but when you see good art you react by saying, "Huh? Wow!"
That's a pretty efficient system, especially since it works sometimes. Take "Inherent Order" ... a show of abstract paintings by Anoka Faruqee and David Driscoll that first elicit a frankly "Huh?" reaction.
