PrepTest 140, Section 4, Question 6
African American painter Sam Gilliam (b.(436 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that Gilliam(13 more words not shown)
- AArtists need not(8 more words not shown)
- BThe images portrayed(12 more words not shown)
- CArtists ought to(10 more words not shown)
- DThe Color Field(12 more words not shown)
- EThe public's expectations(19 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What did Gilliam want from his art? A way to express the complexity of experience beyond a recognizable figure or a political slogan. His Color Field experiments lead into the final claim about creating moods that let audiences feel difficult emotions and tensions.
What we’re looking for
That supports a prediction about what the style can accomplish: using color and experimental forms to make complex experiences felt.
Working the answers
- A
Rejecting this representational approach doesn't mean rejecting aesthetic restrictions of every kind. We aren't given a view that artists should ignore all constraints.
- B
The laundry partly inspired one experiment. That doesn't establish a rule that every painting should be inspired by real-life images, including nonrepresentational paintings. An example of inspiration isn't a universal prescription.
- C
He resists the expectation that African American artists must produce explicitly political work. We have no basis for assigning him a general duty to address the period's political issues. Expressing experience is a broader aim than that requirement.
- DCorrect
His participation in Color Field is tied to a search for more expressive forms, and the described experiments create moods that convey complex emotions. That supports the style's effectiveness for the purpose stated here.
- E
The author emphasizes his refusal to conform to the public's expectations. That doesn't establish his endorsement of a principle that group-based public expectations should guide an artist's work. The supported lesson concerns what he wants to express, not what the public requires.
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