Spot Paintings
E191897
Spot Paintings is a famous series of abstract works by British artist Damien Hirst featuring grids of uniformly spaced, multicolored dots on white backgrounds.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spot Paintings canonical | 3 |
| Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011 | 1 |
| Large Spot Paintings | 1 |
| Monochrome Spot Paintings | 1 |
| Multicolour Spot Paintings | 1 |
| Pharmaceutical Spot Paintings | 1 |
| Small Spot Paintings | 1 |
| Spot Prints | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1697418 — 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: Spot Paintings Context triple: [Damien Hirst, notableWork, Spot Paintings]
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A.
Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.
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B.
Color Field painting
Color Field painting is a mid-20th-century abstract art movement characterized by large expanses of flat, solid color intended to evoke emotional or contemplative responses.
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C.
Aeropainting
Aeropainting was a Futurist art movement focused on capturing the dynamic experience of flight, speed, and aerial perspectives in painting.
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D.
Painting Gallery
The Painting Gallery is a department of the Shanghai Museum dedicated to exhibiting and preserving traditional and modern Chinese paintings.
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E.
Graffitia
Graffitia is a song featured on the album "Father of All Motherfuckers" by Green Day.
- 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: Spot Paintings Target entity description: Spot Paintings is a famous series of abstract works by British artist Damien Hirst featuring grids of uniformly spaced, multicolored dots on white backgrounds.
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A.
Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.
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B.
Color Field painting
Color Field painting is a mid-20th-century abstract art movement characterized by large expanses of flat, solid color intended to evoke emotional or contemplative responses.
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C.
Aeropainting
Aeropainting was a Futurist art movement focused on capturing the dynamic experience of flight, speed, and aerial perspectives in painting.
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D.
Painting Gallery
The Painting Gallery is a department of the Shanghai Museum dedicated to exhibiting and preserving traditional and modern Chinese paintings.
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E.
Graffitia
Graffitia is a song featured on the album "Father of All Motherfuckers" by Green Day.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract art series
ⓘ
painting series ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
conceptual art
ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ pharmaceutical industry ⓘ seriality in art ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | white ⓘ |
| compositionStyle | grid ⓘ |
| copyrightHolder | Damien Hirst ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Damien Hirst ⓘ |
| depicts | colored dots ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Gagosian Gallery
ⓘ
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ |
| feature |
industrial paint appearance
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pharmaceutical naming convention ⓘ uniformly spaced dots ⓘ |
| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
each dot usually a different color
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lack of visible brushwork in many works ⓘ systematic arrangement ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Hand-painted Spot Paintings
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Spot Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Large Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Monochrome Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Multicolour Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Pharmaceutical Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Small Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Spot Prints
|
| hasProductionMethod |
rule-based composition
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studio assistants execution ⓘ |
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary market for serial painting ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
color field painting
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minimalist grids ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| madeOf |
canvas
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household gloss paint ⓘ paper ⓘ |
| marketStatus | high-value contemporary art series ⓘ |
| movement | Young British Artists ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Spot Paintings
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011
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| partOf |
Damien Hirst
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surface form:
Damien Hirst’s pharmaceutical works
|
| subjectOf |
critical debate about authorship
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critical debate about commodification in art ⓘ |
| usesColorScheme | polychrome ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spot Paintings Description of subject: Spot Paintings is a famous series of abstract works by British artist Damien Hirst featuring grids of uniformly spaced, multicolored dots on white backgrounds.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pharmaceutical Spot Paintings
this entity surface form:
Spot Prints
this entity surface form:
Large Spot Paintings
this entity surface form:
Small Spot Paintings
this entity surface form:
Monochrome Spot Paintings
this entity surface form:
Multicolour Spot Paintings
this entity surface form:
Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011