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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Save Me is a 2018 sculpture by American artist Olivia Steele.
• It is a pink neon sign that spells out the title phrase.
• Neon signs became popular with advertisers in the 1920s and began to decline in popularity in the 1960s.
• Neon signs became popular with artists in the 1960s and continue to be popular today.
• Writer Sarah Archer says, “[Neon signs] must be made by hand because there’s no cost-effective way to mass-produce them.”

The student wants to connect the sculpture to the history of neon in art. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Neon signs like Save Me are popular with advertisers and artists alike, though they must, as Archer notes, be made by hand, as they cannot be easily mass-produced.

B

With Save Me, Steele joins the decades-long lineage of artists who have helped make neon a popular artistic medium since the 1960s.

C

Continuing from the 1920s to today, neon lighting has been a popular material, both as an advertising tool and an artistic medium.

D

The pink neon sign Save Me nods to the rich history of a material whose artistic popularity has long been in decline.