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IMO, this is a poorly written question. As it is written, 21st century and East-Asian are inseparable criteria. If a waiter asks what you'd like to drink and you say "a cold soda" and they return with an iced coffee, is that acceptable because one of the words in your request was addressed? The curator does nothing to demonstrate that he would be okay with 21st century art that isn't East-Asian.
I thought this too, but the question stimulus mentions "Among the East Asian works of art mentioned below..." so we can assume that all are East Asian.
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IMO, this is a poorly written question. As it is written, 21st century and East-Asian are inseparable criteria. If a waiter asks what you'd like to drink and you say "a cold soda" and they return with an iced coffee, is that acceptable because one of the words in your request was addressed? The curator does nothing to demonstrate that he would be okay with 21st century art that isn't East-Asian.
I thought this too, but the question stimulus mentions "Among the East Asian works of art mentioned below..." so we can assume that all are East Asian.

Agreed.

PS. One of the tricks introduced in the data insights questions is sharing new information through the question stem. It’s a bit unusual and so many people end up missing it.
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Hi GMATNinja

I agree with your point that the curator wants 21st century East Asian Art

the requirements after the dash is a subset

so how can A be used as a painting satisfying both Exec and curator?

it can only satisfy exec
not the curator, since the painting is not an East Asian art

Could you provide some help solving this

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The part set off by dashes ("particularly...") is a subset of twenty-first-century East Asian art.

  • A work of art MUST be twenty-first-century East Asian art in order to satisfy the curator's recommendation.
  • If that piece of twenty-first-century East Asian art is ALSO an abstract (nonrepresentational) painting or sculpture, that would make the curator extra happy (since he/she would like to see more of those in particular).
  • But as long as it's twenty-first-century East Asian art, that satisfies the curator's basic requirement.

This is similar to saying, "I want to eat a lot of fruit -- particularly citrus fruit." Perhaps MOST of the fruit you eat will be citrus, since that's the type of fruit you want the most. But that doesn't necessarily mean that you'll ONLY eat citrus fruit. :-P

Also, if the part in dashes were required, NONE of the answer choices in the first column would work, so that interpretation cannot be correct. Similarly, if we treat the part in dashes as a separate and unrelated requirement, then we'd have multiple possible answers for the second column -- that can't be the case either, so the interpretation above must be correct (and makes your question about "abstract" irrelevant).

I hope that helps!­
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Hi GMATNinja

I agree with your point that the curator wants 21st century East Asian Art

the requirements after the dash is a subset

so how can A be used as a painting satisfying both Exec and curator?

it can only satisfy exec
not the curator, since the painting is not an East Asian art

Could you provide some help solving this

Thanks!


The part after the dash is just a subset, not a restriction. The curator’s main goal is to add more twenty-first-century East Asian art, and abstract pieces are only a preferred type. So the 2006 painting still meets the curator’s recommendation even if it isn’t abstract.

Check the complete detailed explanation of the question HERE.
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i also got the question wrong bc:
1). i wasnt sure if "ceramics" be considered as "sculpture"
2). i thought the question is saying "each of which satisfies at least one of the recommendations", not both; all answers in the forum suggest that (A) and (D) satisfy both which is NOT what the question is asking

for 1). i did a bit more search and found out that yes, "ceramics can be considered sculpture because sculpture is a three-dimensional art form, and ceramics can be formed into three-dimensional objects"

a good general rule of thumb for future's reference is painting vs. sculpture is pretty dichotomous, i.e., "either or" situation; the output is considered a sculpture if it's a 3d art, not only for materials like ceramics but also jade (or any other materials)

a good way to think of this is: painting = 2d art and sculpture = 3d art

im still not sure about 2). though but im suspecting that in the case of multiple answers satisfy the min. asks, pick the answers that satisfy as many asks as possible (i.e., if we can make them both happy, why not? it's considered the better option vs. making only one of them happy, the bare min.)

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An American museum of East Asian art reviewed its acquisitions strategy in 2009. As part of that review, a marketing executive recommended purchasing more ceramics, jades, and paintings of people or landscapes because visitor surveys indicated that those types are of greatest interest to museumgoers in the region. The museum’s curator recommended purchasing more twenty-first-century East Asian art—particularly abstract (nonrepresentational) paintings and sculptures—because the museum’s collection is weakest in that area.

Among the East Asian works of art described below, select a painting and a sculpture, each of which satisfies at least one of the recommendations made by the marketing executive and at least one of the recommendations made by the curator. Make only two selections, one in each column. ­

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