PERSEVERANCE:

A． Theirs is a sterile, abstract practice, unlikely to produce few lasting works.
B． They have demonstrated that critics are less important to the art-making process than the public commonly believes.
C． They have laudably focused their energy on exposing the extent to which theory informs their own practice.
D． They have, to the detriment of their work, lost track of inner realm of the creator.
E． They have demonstrated a positive alternative to critics who have abandoned their field to become artists.

A． cite the case of an artist whose intention was to increase the mystification of the artistic process
B． discuss an artist whose life has been consistently distorted by biographers and filmmakers
C． give an example of an artist depicted as incapable of comprehending his own art work but able to do so in fact
D． provide an instance of an artist whose work can scarcely be understood without the assistance of art critics
E． mention the example of an artist whose critical faculties were rightly overshadowed by his artistic abilities