Phyllida Barlow
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Phyllida Barlow was a British contemporary artist renowned for her monumental, improvised sculptural installations made from everyday materials.
All labels observed (1)
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| Phyllida Barlow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phyllida Barlow Context triple: [The Hepworth Wakefield, hasExhibitedArtist, Phyllida Barlow]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville is a British contemporary painter renowned for her large-scale, unflinching depictions of the human body, particularly female flesh, which challenge conventional ideals of beauty.
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D.
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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E.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
- 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: Phyllida Barlow Target entity description: Phyllida Barlow was a British contemporary artist renowned for her monumental, improvised sculptural installations made from everyday materials.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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C.
Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville is a British contemporary painter renowned for her large-scale, unflinching depictions of the human body, particularly female flesh, which challenge conventional ideals of beauty.
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D.
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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E.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
improvisation
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use of inexpensive, everyday materials ⓘ |
| artisticStyle | large-scale, site-specific installations ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-04-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-03-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Chelsea School of Art
NERFINISHED
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Slade School of Fine Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Slade School of Fine Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Phyllida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Dame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | younger generations of British sculptors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
improvised constructions
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monumental sculptural installations ⓘ use of everyday materials ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
cardboard
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concrete ⓘ fabric ⓘ paint ⓘ plaster ⓘ plywood ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Phyllida Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
cul-de-sac (Royal Academy of Arts, 2019)
NERFINISHED
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dock (Tate Britain, 2014) NERFINISHED ⓘ folly (British Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2017) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
art teacher
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artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Newcastle upon Tyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld | Professor of Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art ⓘ |
| represented | United Kingdom at the Venice Biennale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedBy | Hauser & Wirth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfEvent | 2017 Venice Biennale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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