PrepTest 110, Section 3, Question 15
Lea: Contemporary art has become big business.(50 more words not shown)
Lea's and Susan's remarks provide(10 more words not shown)
- Alarge galleries contain(2 more words not shown)
- Bmost galleries contain(7 more words not shown)
- Ccontemporary art has(3 more words not shown)
- Dsome smaller art(6 more words not shown)
- Econtemporary art, in(11 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Making money and expressing yourself can happen together. Becoming big business doesn't, by itself, establish that contemporary art is now more concerned with money than with self-expression.
Lea then goes further: contemporary artists' work has no spontaneity or creativity, and any art gallery will show us that. That's a sweeping claim. I also wonder whether spontaneity and creativity are the only ways to express yourself. Someone could express an aspect of their identity without doing something spontaneous or entirely new.
But Susan doesn't take that route. She points to spontaneous, innovative work in most smaller, independent galleries. Her response challenges Lea's claim that this kind of work is gone. Susan doesn't have to defend everything about the contemporary art business to point out that Lea has overlooked these works.
What we’re looking for
For the disagreement, I'd ask whether any of the new art in those smaller galleries is still creative. Lea's claim about any gallery gives us a no. Susan's example gives us a yes. Keep that direct conflict separate from the other things Lea says.
Working the answers
- A
Susan points to smaller, independent galleries. She doesn't say whether large galleries also contain creative work. She could agree with Lea about the large galleries and still reject Lea's claim about every gallery. We need an issue on which both speakers give us a position.
- B
A gallery could contain some uncreative artwork and some creative artwork. Susan's claim that creative work can be found in most smaller galleries therefore doesn't conflict with the presence of uncreative work. We also don't know what share of all galleries those smaller galleries make up. B doesn't produce the clear yes/no disagreement we need.
- C
Susan doesn't dispute the business claim. Contemporary art could be a major business and still include the spontaneous, innovative work she describes. Her disagreement with one of Lea's claims doesn't make her opposed to every claim Lea makes.
- DCorrect
Lea says a visit to any gallery demonstrates contemporary work's complete lack of creativity. That rules out creative new work even in smaller galleries. Susan says such work can still be found in most smaller, independent galleries, which certainly includes some of them. They take opposite positions on D.
- E
Susan doesn't compare contemporary art with older art. Even if contemporary art were less concerned with self-expression overall, it could still include the creative examples Susan identifies. Her response gives us no position on this historical comparison.
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