The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two sculpture…

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• Catharsis, Conversion, Traumata is a 1986 sculpture by American artist Joseph Kosuth.
• It consists of a blue neon sign that spells out the title phrase.
• Harvest Moon is a 2013 sculpture by British/Pakistani artist Shezad Dawood.
• It consists of a yellow neon sign that forms an abstract moon shape.
• 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.

The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two sculptures. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Molded into an evocative phrase in Catharsis, Conversion, Traumata (1986), an abstract form in Harvest Moon (2013), and an advertising tool in decades past, neon lighting has a number of different applications.

While the sculptures share a common material, one spells out a phrase while the other is decidedly more abstract.

Kosuth's sculpture was made in 1986 and Dawood's in 2013, both well after the advertising heyday of neon signs had passed.

American artist Joseph Kosuth's and British/Pakistani artist Shezad Dawood's sculptures have employed neon signs in different ways, demonstrating the versatility of the popular material.