The answer is <span>C.It was a poetic device favored by the young Soviet poets.</span>
This is generally taken as a True statement.
Unlike lyric poetry, epic poetry shows heroic deeds and actions.
The central idea is: A job may be perfect for you even though you have trouble finding it.
How can we make this inference?
- the writer states that s/he spent a lot of time preparing for job applications
- throughout the passage, we find hints that finding a job in the industry is challenging. For example the writer states: <em>By the time I began the search for my first full-time job, the job market was in bad shape. During my first few months looking for a job, I sent out countless resumes and only had one interview.</em>
- In the end, the writer is satisfied with the job and finds out that it has positive aspects.
Conclusion: The writer had trouble finding a good job but ultimately found an appropriate one.
Answer:
To answer the question, one must define who the market is to the artist.
The fourth paragraph gives us a clue:
"...critics, dealers, gallery owners and museum curators whom they depend on for their livelihood."
Very clear isn't it?
So to the artist the market is made up of:
- Critics: an endorsement by a critic or a poisonous remark (if flipped) can give an artist the break they have been looking for;
- dealers: these category are more like brokers. Buying, selling and consulting on art works for a fee;
- owners of art works: These are direct 'consumers' for the artists products.
- museum curators: this category manage collections of works of art and artifacts in museums. They have sound knowledge of each art work and can also influence decisions during an auction by the museum.
Regardless of their dependence on the above categories of people, the text shows that the artist have a disdain for them.
A possible reason may be found in paragraph 5 :
<em>'In shredding “Girl With Balloon,” Banksy seems to be pointing to a central absurdity of his graffiti art being treated as fine art. When it appears on city streets, anyone can vandalize it; now that the same images are in galleries and auction houses, they must be handled with white gloves.'</em>
In simple terms, Banksy is saying that majority if not all artists don't have a complete say over how their work is valued. There is a system that decides this. And this lack of power or inability to insist on the true worth of their work is annoying.
Cheers!
