Discussion

Explanation:

Paragraphs 1 and 2 throw light on this matter. In paragraph 1, it is stated how abstractionism has failed to engage creatively with the radical change in human experience in recent decades. That eliminates option 1.
In the same paragraph, the author further says, “It has, seemingly, been unwilling to re-invent itself in relation to the systems of artistic expression and viewers' expectations that have developed under the impact of the mass media.” Since it has not re-invented, it hasn’t considered the developments in recent artistic expressions. Therefore, we can do away with option 2.
The sentence also helps us to eliminate option 4, as it also says that viewers expectations have not been met or responded to.
The passage mentions “Like all revolutions, whether in politics or in art, abstractionism must now confront its moment of truth: having begun life as a new and radical pictorial approach to experience, it has become an entrenched orthodoxy itself.” This implies that abstractionism has taken the same path as politics and art and not a different one as stated in option 3.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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