Digital SAT Reading and Writing Practice Question #772

Text 1 Mid-century critics of Abstract Expressionism often dismissed the movement—and its vanguard, Jackson Pollock—as a chaotic rebellion devoid of foundational artistic rigor. By abandoning figurative representation and applying paint through erratic drips and splatters, these artists were accused of eschewing structure entirely in favor of raw, unfiltered, and ultimately undisciplined emotional expression. Text 2 While the canvases of the Abstract Expressionists appear visually tumultuous, recent scholarship utilizing advanced fractal analysis paints a vastly different picture of their creative process. Far from being undisciplined, Pollock’s drip paintings reveal a meticulous geometric scaling and a pre-planned compositional balance that mimics nature's underlying structures, proving that his methodology was deeply deliberate. Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the prevailing mid-century critique presented in Text 1?