PrepTest 140, Section 4, Question 3
African American painter Sam Gilliam (b.(436 more words not shown)
The author mentions a collage(7 more words not shown)
- Aexemplify the style(7 more words not shown)
- Bpoint out the(10 more words not shown)
- Cestablish that representational(12 more words not shown)
- Dillustrate the kind(7 more words not shown)
- Eshow why Gilliam's(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The collage is an example of what Gilliam found too literal. Its recognizable magazine images and political subjects help us understand the approach he wanted to move beyond. Predict a contrast that explains his motivation, not an example of his own style.
Working the answers
- A
This assigns the example to the wrong side of the contrast. The collage illustrates a contemporary's representational approach, while Gilliam's Color Field work is described as moving toward nonrepresentation.
- B
Artistic dissatisfaction doesn't establish personal hostility between two groups of artists. Gilliam can dislike an approach without the author claiming animosity between representational and abstract artists generally.
- C
The work is called popular with the public. But popularity isn't a comparison showing it was more popular than abstract art. More importantly, the example helps explain what Gilliam reacted against, not establish a ranking of the two styles' audiences.
- DCorrect
The collage makes the criticized approach concrete: familiar images convey relatively direct political and social messages. That helps explain why Gilliam wanted more subtlety, ambiguity, and experimentation.
- E
The example doesn't establish that Gilliam's art was primarily concerned with political issues. It describes the explicit political approach he resisted. He still wanted to express African American experience, but in a different, less literal way.
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