Urs Fischer
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Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Urs Fischer canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3237461 — 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: Urs Fischer Context triple: [Hamad International Airport, hasArtworkArtist, Urs Fischer]
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A.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
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B.
Katharina Fritsch
Katharina Fritsch is a German contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, vividly colored sculptures that transform everyday objects and animals into uncanny, iconic forms.
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C.
Thomas Schütte
Thomas Schütte is a contemporary German artist renowned for his diverse body of work spanning sculpture, architecture, and works on paper that often explore memory, monumentality, and the human condition.
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D.
Markus Morgenstern
Markus Morgenstern is a mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorics and graph theory.
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E.
Andreas Maurer
Andreas Maurer was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Mont Maudit in the Mont Blanc massif.
- 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: Urs Fischer Target entity description: Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
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A.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
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B.
Katharina Fritsch
Katharina Fritsch is a German contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, vividly colored sculptures that transform everyday objects and animals into uncanny, iconic forms.
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C.
Thomas Schütte
Thomas Schütte is a contemporary German artist renowned for his diverse body of work spanning sculpture, architecture, and works on paper that often explore memory, monumentality, and the human condition.
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D.
Markus Morgenstern
Markus Morgenstern is a mathematician known for his contributions to combinatorics and graph theory.
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E.
Andreas Maurer
Andreas Maurer was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of the Alpine peak Mont Maudit in the Mont Blanc massif.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
experimental
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humorous ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| familyName | Fischer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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installation art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
installation
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sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Urs ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles
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Gagosian Gallery ⓘ Kunsthaus Zürich ⓘ New Museum, New York ⓘ Sadie Coles HQ ⓘ Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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Pop art ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| name | Urs Fischer self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale sculptures
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surreal installations ⓘ use of everyday objects ⓘ use of unconventional materials ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Clay
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Bread House ⓘ Problem Paintings ⓘ Untitled (Lamp/Bear) ⓘ You ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
clay
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everyday objects ⓘ found objects ⓘ metal ⓘ wax ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Zurich ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Urs Fischer Description of subject: Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Lamp Bear