While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Soo Sunny Park is a Korean American artist who uses...
GMAT Expression of Ideas : (Expression) Questions
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Soo Sunny Park is a Korean American artist who uses light as her primary medium of expression.
- She created her work Unwoven Light in 2013.
- Unwoven Light featured a chain-link fence fitted with iridescent plexiglass tiles.
- When light passed through the fence, colorful prisms formed.
The student wants to describe Unwoven Light to an audience unfamiliar with Soo Sunny Park. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Park's 2013 installation Unwoven Light, which included a chain-link fence and iridescent tiles made from plexiglass, featured light as its primary medium of expression.
Korean American light artist Soo Sunny Park created Unwoven Light in 2013.
The chain-link fence in Soo Sunny Park's Unwoven Light was fitted with tiles made from iridescent plexiglass.
In Unwoven Light, a 2013 work by Korean American artist Soo Sunny Park, light formed colorful prisms as it passed through a fence Park had fitted with iridescent tiles.
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
|---|---|
| "Soo Sunny Park is a Korean American artist who uses light as her primary medium of expression." |
|
| "She created her work Unwoven Light in 2013." |
|
| "Unwoven Light featured a chain-link fence fitted with iridescent plexiglass tiles." |
|
| "When light passed through the fence, colorful prisms formed." |
|
Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: The notes provide information about Korean American light artist Soo Sunny Park and her 2013 work Unwoven Light, which created colorful prisms using a modified chain-link fence.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
What's being asked? The student's goal is to "describe Unwoven Light to an audience unfamiliar with Soo Sunny Park." This means we need a description that works for people who don't know the artist.
What type of answer do we need? For a Rhetorical Synthesis question, we need to find the choice that most effectively combines relevant information from the notes to accomplish this specific goal.
Any limiting keywords? The key limitation is "audience unfamiliar with Soo Sunny Park" - this shapes what information must be included.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- For an audience unfamiliar with Soo Sunny Park, the description needs to:
- Identify who she is (Korean American artist)
- Give context about her work with light
- Describe the specific artwork (Unwoven Light, 2013)
- Explain what the artwork actually does/looks like (the visual effect)
- The right answer should combine artist identification with a description of both the artwork's construction and its visual effect.
Park's 2013 installation Unwoven Light, which included a chain-link fence and iridescent tiles made from plexiglass, featured light as its primary medium of expression.
- Describes Park's work as featuring "light as its primary medium of expression" but this is backwards - light as medium describes Park's general approach, not specifically what Unwoven Light does
- Misses the key visual effect (prisms)
Korean American light artist Soo Sunny Park created Unwoven Light in 2013.
- Only provides basic facts: Korean American light artist, created work in 2013
- Doesn't describe what Unwoven Light actually is or does
- Too minimal for someone unfamiliar with the artist's work
The chain-link fence in Soo Sunny Park's Unwoven Light was fitted with tiles made from iridescent plexiglass.
- Focuses only on the construction (fence + tiles)
- Assumes audience already knows who Soo Sunny Park is
- Missing the visual effect that makes the work interesting
In Unwoven Light, a 2013 work by Korean American artist Soo Sunny Park, light formed colorful prisms as it passed through a fence Park had fitted with iridescent tiles.
- Identifies the artist properly for unfamiliar audience (Korean American artist Soo Sunny Park)
- Names the specific work and date (Unwoven Light, 2013)
- Describes both the construction (fence fitted with iridescent tiles) and the effect (light formed colorful prisms)
- Gives complete picture that would help someone unfamiliar understand what the artwork is and why it's notable