Ugo Rondinone
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Ugo Rondinone is a Swiss-born contemporary artist known for his large-scale, poetic sculptures, installations, and paintings that often explore themes of nature, time, and human emotion.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ugo Rondinone canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ugo Rondinone Context triple: [John Giorno, partner, Ugo Rondinone]
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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.
Franco Stella
Franco Stella is an Italian architect known for his work on major reconstruction and restoration projects, including the modern rebuilding of Berlin's historic city palace.
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C.
Alighiero Boetti
Alighiero Boetti was an influential Italian conceptual artist known for his involvement in Arte Povera and for his intricate, often collaborative works that explored themes of time, order, and geography.
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D.
Giuseppe Penone
Giuseppe Penone is an Italian sculptor and prominent Arte Povera artist known for works that explore the relationship between the human body and nature, often using trees and organic materials.
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E.
Urs Fischer
Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
- 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: Ugo Rondinone Target entity description: Ugo Rondinone is a Swiss-born contemporary artist known for his large-scale, poetic sculptures, installations, and paintings that often explore themes of nature, time, and human emotion.
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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.
Franco Stella
Franco Stella is an Italian architect known for his work on major reconstruction and restoration projects, including the modern rebuilding of Berlin's historic city palace.
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C.
Alighiero Boetti
Alighiero Boetti was an influential Italian conceptual artist known for his involvement in Arte Povera and for his intricate, often collaborative works that explored themes of time, order, and geography.
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D.
Giuseppe Penone
Giuseppe Penone is an Italian sculptor and prominent Arte Povera artist known for works that explore the relationship between the human body and nature, often using trees and organic materials.
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E.
Urs Fischer
Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artMedium |
installation
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painting ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ sound ⓘ video ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Brunnen, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| education | Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasSeries |
Seven Magic Mountains series
NERFINISHED
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clown sculptures ⓘ rainbow text sculptures ⓘ stone figure sculptures ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Ugo Rondinone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Human Nature
NERFINISHED
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Seven Magic Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Vocabulary of Solitude NERFINISHED ⓘ clockwork for oracles NERFINISHED ⓘ moonrise. east. NERFINISHED ⓘ sunrise. east. NERFINISHED ⓘ the sky was blue the sea was blue and the boy was blue NERFINISHED ⓘ we run through a desert on burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicArtworkLocation |
Las Vegas, Nevada
NERFINISHED
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Rockefeller Center, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedBy |
Eva Presenhuber Gallery
NERFINISHED
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Gladstone Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Ernst Caramelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
minimalist
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poetic ⓘ symbolic ⓘ use of bright colors ⓘ use of natural motifs ⓘ |
| theme |
cosmic cycles
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human emotion ⓘ landscape ⓘ meditation ⓘ melancholy ⓘ nature ⓘ time ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ugorondinone.com/ ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New York City
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Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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