Theaster Gates
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Theaster Gates is an American artist and urban planner known for his socially engaged practice that combines sculpture, installation, performance, and community revitalization, particularly on Chicago’s South Side.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Theaster Gates canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845877 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theaster Gates Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Theaster Gates]
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A.
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
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B.
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
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C.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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D.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
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E.
El Anatsui
El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor renowned for his monumental wall-hanging installations made from discarded bottle caps and metal fragments, which explore themes of history, consumption, and transformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theaster Gates Target entity description: Theaster Gates is an American artist and urban planner known for his socially engaged practice that combines sculpture, installation, performance, and community revitalization, particularly on Chicago’s South Side.
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A.
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford is an American contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale abstract mixed-media collages and installations that explore race, class, and urban experience.
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B.
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
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C.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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D.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
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E.
El Anatsui
El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor renowned for his monumental wall-hanging installations made from discarded bottle caps and metal fragments, which explore themes of history, consumption, and transformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ performance artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ social practice artist ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
architecture
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installation ⓘ performance ⓘ sculpture ⓘ urban interventions ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Artes Mundi Prize (shortlist)
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surface form:
Artes Mundi Prize
Joan Miró Prize ⓘ Kurt Schwitters Prize ⓘ United States Artists Fellowship ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Artists Fellowship
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| basedIn |
City of Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1973-08-28 ⓘ |
| employer | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| familyName | Gates ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
community development
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contemporary art ⓘ socially engaged art ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Black cultural archives
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community empowerment ⓘ race and class ⓘ urban inequality ⓘ |
| founded |
Dorchester
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surface form:
Dorchester Projects
Rebuild Foundation ⓘ Stony Island Arts Bank ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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site-specific art ⓘ |
| givenName | Theaster ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Documenta (Kassel)
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surface form:
Documenta 13
Haus der Deutschen Kunst ⓘ
surface form:
Haus der Kunst, Munich
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ Venice Biennale ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| movement | social practice art ⓘ |
| name | Theaster Gates self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
community revitalization on Chicago’s South Side
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socially engaged practice ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Civil Tapestry series
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Dorchester ⓘ
surface form:
Dorchester Projects
Stony Island Arts Bank ⓘ Temple Exercises ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
City of Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago
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| positionHeld | Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| workLocation |
South Side, Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago’s South Side
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Theaster Gates Description of subject: Theaster Gates is an American artist and urban planner known for his socially engaged practice that combines sculpture, installation, performance, and community revitalization, particularly on Chicago’s South Side.
Referenced by (2)
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