Many contemporary Indigenous painters practice a specifically Indigenous mode of abstraction; for example, Chad "Nish" Earles assembles compositions out of motifs common in the traditional ceramics and graphic art of his 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?
A. depend not on stylistic details but instead on an awareness of the artist's identity.
B. place a greater emphasis on the artist's biography than on the aesthetic merit of the painting.
C. obscure the Indigenous origins of certain motifs associated with Abstract Expressionism.
D. deny the extent to which cultural identity influences an artist's work.
翻译：
许多当代原住民画家实践着一种独特的原住民抽象艺术模式；例如，Chad "Nish" Earles 用其部落传统陶器和图形艺术中常见的图案来组织构图。相比之下，二十世纪中叶著名的原住民抽象画实践者，如 Kiowa 艺术家 T.C. Cannon，通常将他们的构图策略与抽象表现主义对齐——这是一个由欧洲裔美国艺术家主导的绘画流派——而非与传统原住民非具象艺术形式对齐。因此，就 Cannon 这一代人而言，将一幅抽象画认定为原住民艺术往往 ________
解析：
文本结构分为两层：第一层介绍当代原住民画家的做法——使用本族传统图案，作品可通过风格细节被识别为原住民艺术。第二层用“In contrast”引入对比——Cannon 一代采用抽象表现主义风格（由欧洲裔美国艺术家主导），而非原住民传统非具象形式。由此推导出结论：Cannon 一代的作品本身不包含可识别的原住民风格标记，因此无法通过风格来判断，只能通过艺术家身份（知晓画家是原住民）来认定其为原住民艺术。
选项分析：
A. depend not on stylistic details but instead on an awareness of the artist's identity.
正确。完全对应上述逻辑链条。
B. place a greater emphasis on the artist's biography than on the aesthetic merit of the painting.
错误。文本讨论的是“识别依据”（风格 vs 身份），而非“评价侧重”（生平 vs 审美价值）。
C. obscure the Indigenous origins of certain motifs associated with Abstract Expressionism.
错误。文本未提及抽象表现主义中的图案有原住民起源。
D. deny the extent to which cultural identity influences an artist's work.
错误，语义相反。文本恰恰承认文化身份是识别关键。
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