The phrase "arresting work" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a piece of art, literature, or any creative endeavor that captures attention and evokes strong interest.
Example: "The artist's latest exhibition features arresting work that challenges viewers to reconsider their perceptions of reality."
Alternatives: "captivating work" or "striking work".
In other words, it is that rarity, a truly arresting work of fiction.
Insistent themes resurfaced throughout the tranquil, arresting work, with delicate, ephemeral motifs repeated with increasing intensity, until a fiery outburst shattered the serenity.
"You respond to something because it is an arresting work of art that is in a museum because it has value that transcends money".
Viewed from a raised walkway, it's a beautifully arresting work that contemplates tradition, migration and change while exploiting the etymological link between these boats and the church's nave.
The most visually arresting work, and the most uplifting -- perhaps that's why its hung opposite the gallery entrance -- is Jane Hammond's work called "The Wonderfulness of Downtown".
The English composer Thomas Ad?s audacious operatic adaptation of Shakespeare's fantastical play "The Tempest" is a musically spiky and theatrically arresting work.
"He creates arresting works that often disrupt the norm".
Instead, the exhibition's eight thematic sections juxtapose arresting works that reveal the Romantics as attentive explorers of their natural and cultural worlds.
The one-hour program on Governors Island included three other arresting works by living composers: moody, Minimalist-influenced music that lured the picnicking audience into attentive silence.
Like the 1945 Labour government, these arresting works of socialist art glow with a common purpose, as her subjects concentrate on a shared task.
But many of the show's most optically arresting works are by artists who might be unfamiliar to North American viewers.
