Writer Aruna D'Souza traces Jean Dubuffet's radical approach to the mundane and the outrageous, and highlights what keeps these drawings vibrant and relevant today.Dubuffet shocked the art establishment in the mid-1940s by rejecting conventional notions of beauty and good taste. He used drawing to indulge his passion for research and experimentation, and his sense of adventure pervades the Hammer Museum's landmark exhibition Dubuffet Drawings, 1935-1962.