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Although he is indebted to the European tradition of figurative painting, with its proportionality of human form and depth between foreground and background, Anishinaabe painter Daniel Ashkewe uses his formidable technique to portray—and thereby ensure the transmission of—cultural traditions predating the European colonization of the lands of his tribe. Diné/Zuni painter Marisa Tsosie, on the other hand, largely eschews the European figurative mode; instead, she assembles compositions out of abstract motifs common in textiles and other traditional arts of the Zuni Pueblo, thereby       
Which choice most logically completes the text?
A
implying her belief that both figurative and abstract art can reflect the complexity of tribal identity.
B
perpetuating tribal culture through a mode of abstraction that is tribally specific.
C
suggesting that figurative forms of art may be ill-suited to portraying tribally specific content.
D
casting doubt on the feasibility of developing a new style of painting grounded in traditionally figurative art forms.