Daniel Spoerri
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Daniel Spoerri is a Swiss artist and writer best known for his "snare-pictures," assemblages that capture and preserve everyday objects and meal remnants as frozen moments in time.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daniel Spoerri canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3979125 — 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: Daniel Spoerri Context triple: [Nouveau Réalisme, hasMember, Daniel Spoerri]
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A.
Günther Uecker
Günther Uecker is a German artist best known for his sculptural reliefs and installations featuring dense fields of hammered nails, associated with the ZERO movement.
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B.
Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer known for his experimental, often satirical works that blended Pop Art, abstraction, and conceptual art.
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C.
Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, and key figure of Neo-Expressionism known for his bold, often monumental works that blend abstraction with figurative motifs.
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D.
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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E.
Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz is a German painter and sculptor known for his expressive, often inverted figurative works that challenged postwar artistic conventions.
- 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: Daniel Spoerri Target entity description: Daniel Spoerri is a Swiss artist and writer best known for his "snare-pictures," assemblages that capture and preserve everyday objects and meal remnants as frozen moments in time.
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A.
Günther Uecker
Günther Uecker is a German artist best known for his sculptural reliefs and installations featuring dense fields of hammered nails, associated with the ZERO movement.
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B.
Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer known for his experimental, often satirical works that blended Pop Art, abstraction, and conceptual art.
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C.
Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, and key figure of Neo-Expressionism known for his bold, often monumental works that blend abstraction with figurative motifs.
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D.
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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E.
Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz is a German painter and sculptor known for his expressive, often inverted figurative works that challenged postwar artistic conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ visual artist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| artisticTechnique |
assemblage of everyday objects
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fixing meal remnants to surfaces ⓘ transforming tabletops into vertical pictures ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arman
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Fluxus artists ⓘ George Brecht ⓘ Jean Tinguely ⓘ Niki de Saint Phalle ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Basel-Stadt
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surface form:
Basel
Paris ⓘ Vienna ⓘ Zurich ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-27 ⓘ |
| familyName | Spoerri ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
assemblage art
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conceptual art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ object art ⓘ |
| genre | object-based art ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel ⓘ |
| hasWorkType |
artist’s books
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conceptual writing ⓘ installation art ⓘ sculptural assemblage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bridging art and daily life
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snare-pictures capturing everyday life ⓘ using leftovers and meal remains in art ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| movement |
Fluxus
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Nouveau Réalisme ⓘ |
| name | Daniel Spoerri self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableIdea | snare-pictures as frozen moments in time ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Anecdoted Topography of Chance
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Tableaux-pièges ⓘ snare-pictures ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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graphic artist ⓘ publisher ⓘ sculptor ⓘ stage director ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Galați
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surface form:
Galați, Romania
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Instruction
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Subject: Daniel Spoerri Description of subject: Daniel Spoerri is a Swiss artist and writer best known for his "snare-pictures," assemblages that capture and preserve everyday objects and meal remnants as frozen moments in time.
Referenced by (4)
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