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Many contemporary Indigenous painters practice a specifically Indigenous mode of abstraction; for example, Linda Lomahaftewa often assembles compositions out of motifs common in the ceramics and other traditional arts of the Hopi Tribe. In contrast, the prominent Indigenous practitioners of abstract painting during the mid-twentieth century, such as the Kiowa artist T.C. Cannon, typically aligned their compositional strategies with Abstract Expressionism-a school of painting dominated by European American artists-instead of with traditionally nonrepresentational forms of Indigenous art. Thus, in the case of Cannon's generation, the identification of an abstract painting as Indigenous art tends to       
Which choice most logically completes the text?
depend not on stylistic details but instead on an awareness of the artist's identity.
A
place a greater emphasis on the artist's biography than on the aesthetic merit of the painting.
B
obscure the Indigenous origins of certain motifs associated with Abstract Expressionism.
C
deny the extent to which cultural identity influences an artist's work.
D