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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13357)
The correct answer choice is (A)
As discussed above, the author of this passage is mainly focused on discussing Sam Gilliam and his work as a Color Field style painter, and the fact that the artist’s work was a response to the explicit representational works of his African American contemporaries.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, the author of this passage is primarily concerned with describing the motivation behind, and the nature of, Gilliam’s work.
Answer choice (B): Many of Gilliam’s African American contemporaries were creating works with explicitly political themes, but the author does not explore those themes, and this choice cannot be the right answer to this question.
Answer choice (C): In the first paragraph the author provides that Gilliam was part of an evolution that took place during the 1950s and 1960s, but this passage is not about the evolution of Gilliam’s work, so this cannot be the right answer choice.
Answer choice (D): At the end of the second paragraph the author mentions that Gilliam sought artistic forms that were less literal and better expressed the complexity of human experience, and that this was a rare view among other African American artists at the time. This is not, however, the author’s primary focus, so this choice should be eliminated from contention.
Answer choice (E): While the author does discuss Gilliam’s artistic experimentation, this is not necessarily transcending beyond technical limitations, and this is certainly not the author’s primary concern, so this cannot be the right answer choice.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=13357)
The correct answer choice is (A)
As discussed above, the author of this passage is mainly focused on discussing Sam Gilliam and his work as a Color Field style painter, and the fact that the artist’s work was a response to the explicit representational works of his African American contemporaries.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, the author of this passage is primarily concerned with describing the motivation behind, and the nature of, Gilliam’s work.
Answer choice (B): Many of Gilliam’s African American contemporaries were creating works with explicitly political themes, but the author does not explore those themes, and this choice cannot be the right answer to this question.
Answer choice (C): In the first paragraph the author provides that Gilliam was part of an evolution that took place during the 1950s and 1960s, but this passage is not about the evolution of Gilliam’s work, so this cannot be the right answer choice.
Answer choice (D): At the end of the second paragraph the author mentions that Gilliam sought artistic forms that were less literal and better expressed the complexity of human experience, and that this was a rare view among other African American artists at the time. This is not, however, the author’s primary focus, so this choice should be eliminated from contention.
Answer choice (E): While the author does discuss Gilliam’s artistic experimentation, this is not necessarily transcending beyond technical limitations, and this is certainly not the author’s primary concern, so this cannot be the right answer choice.