While engaged in reading, the reader responds mentally to information and ideas that are new, familiar, controversial, shocking, profound, inaccurate, and so on. T ask 1 S tudy these pictures of modern pieces of sculpture in order to familiarise yourself with the work of three artists. You are in a Car, You Are Driving Alone. Julian Opie Chair. N ow read the first paragraph of the text, to determine whether the critic has a favourable opinion of Opie's exhibition or not.
H e is a menace to other road users.
O pie's problem is not that he drives too fast or succumbs too readily to road rage but that he is a good artist who has decided to devote an entire exhibition to pointing out how boring the modern world appears when viewed through the wind-screen of a car. H e does this so effectively that the result is, alas, a strikingly boring display. Follow this link for more exercises on the same subject.