Lygia Clark
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Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lygia Clark canonical | 5 |
| Lygia Clark (artist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170220 — 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: Lygia Clark Context triple: [Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, hasNotableAlumni, Lygia Clark]
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A.
Anne Lindsay Clark
Anne Lindsay Clark was the wife of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, the youngest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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B.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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C.
Laura Mae Bullivant
Laura Mae Bullivant was the wife of American character actor Dwight Frye, known for his roles in classic horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein.
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D.
Linda Creed
Linda Creed was an American songwriter best known for penning numerous soul and R&B hits in the 1970s and 1980s, often in collaboration with producer Thom Bell.
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E.
Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Emma Tillinger Koskoff is an American film producer best known for her longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese on acclaimed films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, and The Irishman.
- 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: Lygia Clark Target entity description: Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
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A.
Anne Lindsay Clark
Anne Lindsay Clark was the wife of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, the youngest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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B.
Mary Lee Woods
Mary Lee Woods was a British mathematician and computer scientist who worked on early computers at Ferranti and was the mother of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee.
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C.
Laura Mae Bullivant
Laura Mae Bullivant was the wife of American character actor Dwight Frye, known for his roles in classic horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein.
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D.
Linda Creed
Linda Creed was an American songwriter best known for penning numerous soul and R&B hits in the 1970s and 1980s, often in collaboration with producer Thom Bell.
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E.
Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Emma Tillinger Koskoff is an American film producer best known for her longtime collaboration with director Martin Scorsese on acclaimed films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, The Departed, and The Irishman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian artist
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artist ⓘ human ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
relationship between body and space
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sensory perception ⓘ therapeutic dimensions of art ⓘ viewer participation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brazilian avant-garde
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Rio de Janeiro art scene ⓘ |
| birthName | Lygia Pimentel Lins ⓘ |
| canonization | key figure in Neo-Concrete movement ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| developed | interactive objects for viewer participation ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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painting ⓘ performance-related practices ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
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experimental art ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasWorkCharacteristic |
emphasis on touch and bodily sensation
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requires viewer interaction ⓘ use of simple, everyday materials ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary installation artists
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participatory art practices ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Concrete art
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European modernism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Portuguese ⓘ |
| legacy | major influence on contemporary participatory and relational art ⓘ |
| movement |
Neo-Concrete movement
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surface form:
Neo-Concrete art
Neo-Concrete movement ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Concretism
conceptual art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ installation art ⓘ participatory art ⓘ |
| name | Lygia Clark self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between art and viewer
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interactive art ⓘ participatory artworks ⓘ sensory-based works ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
art as a sensory and participatory experience
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dissolution of the traditional art object ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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visual artist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lygia Clark Description of subject: Lygia Clark was a pioneering Brazilian artist known for her influential role in Neo-Concrete art and her participatory, sensory-based works that blurred the boundaries between art and viewer.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lygia Clark (artist)