Gordon Matta-Clark
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Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist and architect best known for his radical “building cuts,” in which he sliced and removed sections of existing structures to create large-scale, site-specific works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gordon Matta-Clark canonical | 1 |
| Gordon Roberto Matta-Clark | 1 |
| Sebastian Matta-Clark | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10746620 — 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: Gordon Matta-Clark Context triple: [Roberto Matta, child, Gordon Matta-Clark]
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Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner was an influential American conceptual artist known for his text-based works that use language as the primary medium to explore ideas about art, space, and perception.
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B.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a contemporary German artist known for his meticulously constructed life-sized paper models that he photographs to explore themes of memory, media, and representation.
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Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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D.
Thomas Hirschhorn
Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his politically charged, large-scale installations made from everyday materials that critique consumerism, power, and social inequality.
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E.
Michael Heizer
Michael Heizer is an American land artist renowned for his monumental earthworks and large-scale sculptural interventions in the landscape.
- 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: Gordon Matta-Clark Target entity description: Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist and architect best known for his radical “building cuts,” in which he sliced and removed sections of existing structures to create large-scale, site-specific works.
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A.
Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner was an influential American conceptual artist known for his text-based works that use language as the primary medium to explore ideas about art, space, and perception.
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B.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a contemporary German artist known for his meticulously constructed life-sized paper models that he photographs to explore themes of memory, media, and representation.
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C.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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D.
Thomas Hirschhorn
Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his politically charged, large-scale installations made from everyday materials that critique consumerism, power, and social inequality.
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E.
Michael Heizer
Michael Heizer is an American land artist renowned for his monumental earthworks and large-scale sculptural interventions in the landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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artist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn | New York City art scene ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
architecture
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film ⓘ installation ⓘ photography ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | social critique through architecture ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1943-06-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New York City
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Anarchitecture group
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Food (restaurant) ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1978-08-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New York City
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| education | Cornell University ⓘ |
| familyName | Matta-Clark ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| fullName |
Gordon Roberto Matta-Clark
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linked to:
Gordon Matta-Clark
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| givenName | Gordon ⓘ |
| influenced |
architectural theorists
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contemporary installation artists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Roberto Matta ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anarchitecture
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building cuts ⓘ site-specific interventions in architecture ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
ⓘ
postminimalism ⓘ
linked to:
Postminimalism
site-specific art ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bingo
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Conical Intersect ⓘ Day’s End ⓘ Office Baroque ⓘ Splitting ⓘ Window Blow-Out ⓘ |
| parent |
Anne Clark
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Roberto Matta ⓘ |
| sibling |
Sebastian Matta-Clark
ⓘ
linked to:
Gordon Matta-Clark
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| studied | architecture ⓘ |
| technique | cutting and removing sections of buildings ⓘ |
| workType |
interventions in existing buildings
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large-scale site-specific works ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gordon Matta-Clark Description of subject: Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist and architect best known for his radical “building cuts,” in which he sliced and removed sections of existing structures to create large-scale, site-specific works.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gordon Matta-Clark
linked to: Gordon Matta-Clark