Andy Goldsworthy
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Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor and land artist renowned for his site-specific installations made from natural materials such as stone, ice, leaves, and wood.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Andy Goldsworthy canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3221432 — 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: Andy Goldsworthy Context triple: [Storm King Art Center, hasArtistInCollection, Andy Goldsworthy]
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A.
Richard Long
Richard Long is a British land artist renowned for his walking-based artworks and minimalist interventions in natural landscapes.
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B.
Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor renowned for his large-scale public artworks and explorations of the human body in space, such as the iconic "Angel of the North."
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C.
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a renowned British sculptor known for his innovative use of materials and abstract forms, and for serving as a prominent professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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D.
Martin Boyce
Martin Boyce is a Scottish contemporary artist known for his atmospheric, sculptural installations that often reference modernist design and architecture.
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E.
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is a British sculptor renowned for her large-scale cast works that capture the negative spaces of everyday objects and architectural interiors.
- 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: Andy Goldsworthy Target entity description: Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor and land artist renowned for his site-specific installations made from natural materials such as stone, ice, leaves, and wood.
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A.
Richard Long
Richard Long is a British land artist renowned for his walking-based artworks and minimalist interventions in natural landscapes.
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B.
Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor renowned for his large-scale public artworks and explorations of the human body in space, such as the iconic "Angel of the North."
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C.
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a renowned British sculptor known for his innovative use of materials and abstract forms, and for serving as a prominent professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
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D.
Martin Boyce
Martin Boyce is a Scottish contemporary artist known for his atmospheric, sculptural installations that often reference modernist design and architecture.
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E.
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is a British sculptor renowned for her large-scale cast works that capture the negative spaces of everyday objects and architectural interiors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental artist
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human ⓘ land artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
creates ephemeral works that often decay or disappear
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documents works through photography ⓘ works directly in the landscape ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-07-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Bradford College of Art
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Preston Polytechnic ⓘ |
| familyName | Goldsworthy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
environmental art
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land art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ site-specific art ⓘ |
| genre |
installation art
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site-specific art ⓘ |
| givenName | Andy ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Australia
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France ⓘ Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| influencedBy | natural processes ⓘ |
| movement |
Environmental art
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Land art ⓘ |
| name | Andy Goldsworthy self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor | site-specific installations in natural and urban settings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De Young Museum
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surface form:
Drawn Stone (de Young Museum)
Garden of Stones (Museum of Jewish Heritage) ⓘ The Cloisters ⓘ
surface form:
Roof (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Stanford University ⓘ
surface form:
Stone River (Stanford University)
Storm King Wall ⓘ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
The Cone (National Galleries of Scotland)
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| occupation |
artist
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photographer ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cheshire
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surface form:
Cheshire, England
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| theme |
change in nature
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impermanence ⓘ relationship between humans and landscape ⓘ time ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
flowers
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ice ⓘ leaves ⓘ rocks ⓘ snow ⓘ stone ⓘ thorns ⓘ twigs ⓘ water ⓘ wood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (4)
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