Billy Al Bengston
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Billy Al Bengston was an American artist associated with the Los Angeles art scene and the West Coast "Finish Fetish" movement, known for his vibrant, lacquered paintings and motorcycle-inspired imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Billy Al Bengston canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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artist ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Finish Fetish
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hard-edge painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ferus Gallery
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Los Angeles art scene ⓘ Venice, California art community ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1934-06-07 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2022-10-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California College of Arts and Crafts
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Los Angeles County Art Institute ⓘ Otis Art Institute ⓘ |
| familyName | Bengston ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
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geometric abstraction ⓘ |
| givenName | Billy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
California car culture ⓘ surf culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Finish Fetish aesthetics
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motorcycle-inspired imagery ⓘ use of industrial materials ⓘ vibrant lacquered paintings ⓘ |
| movement |
Finish Fetish
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Light and Space movement ⓘ Los Angeles art scene ⓘ West Coast Finish Fetish ⓘ |
| name | Billy Al Bengston self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWorkTheme |
chevron motifs
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motorcycle emblems ⓘ target-like circular forms ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dodge City, Kansas ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Venice, California ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California
Venice, California ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usedMaterial |
aluminum panels
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automotive lacquer ⓘ industrial paint ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Billy Al Bengston Description of subject: Billy Al Bengston was an American artist associated with the Los Angeles art scene and the West Coast "Finish Fetish" movement, known for his vibrant, lacquered paintings and motorcycle-inspired imagery.
Referenced by (3)
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