"Why Your 5 Year Old Could Not Have Done That" is Susie Hodges 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 Twomblys scribbled "Olympia" (1957), Jean-Michel Basquiats crude but spontaneous "LNAPRK" (1982), to the apparently careless mess of Tracey Emins "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 Andres 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 Wolfli, 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.

苏西·霍奇为成人和儿童写了70余本书。

她在学校和学院里教授艺术史和实用艺术课程，

向成人和儿童做艺术方面的演讲，

给各种机构撰写艺术类教材。

她从事绘画与绘图创作已超过15年，

运营着一家集写作与绘画为一体、适合各年龄段人士学习的工作室。

在本书中，

苏西·霍奇以引发公众批评甚至敌意的100件艺术作品为例，

对贬低现代艺术最常见的言论进行了卓有说服力、

充满热情的讨论，

说明了现代艺术不是、

也从不曾是孩童的把戏。