Spin Paintings
E192101
Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spin Paintings canonical | 2 |
| Beautiful, inside my head forever spinning painting | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1697419 — 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: Spin Paintings Context triple: [Damien Hirst, notableWork, Spin Paintings]
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A.
Spot Paintings
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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B.
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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C.
Graffitia
Graffitia is a song featured on the album "Father of All Motherfuckers" by Green Day.
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D.
Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
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E.
Op art
Op art is an abstract art movement that uses precise patterns, contrasts, and optical illusions to create a sense of movement and visual vibration.
- 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: Spin Paintings Target entity description: Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.
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A.
Spot Paintings
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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B.
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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C.
Graffitia
Graffitia is a song featured on the album "Father of All Motherfuckers" by Green Day.
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D.
Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
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E.
Op art
Op art is an abstract art movement that uses precise patterns, contrasts, and optical illusions to create a sense of movement and visual vibration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract painting series
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art series ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Young British Artists ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
chance
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consumer culture ⓘ mechanization of art ⓘ playfulness ⓘ spectacle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Damien Hirst ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
perceived superficiality
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reliance on mechanical process ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Gagosian Gallery
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ White Cube ⓘ
surface form:
White Cube, London
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| genre | abstract art ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
chance-based patterns
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circular format ⓘ highly saturated colors ⓘ paint radiating from a central point ⓘ radial composition ⓘ vividly colored paint ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | mixed critical response ⓘ |
| hasMarketReception |
commercial popularity
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high auction prices ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
acrylic paint
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household gloss paint ⓘ |
| hasSupport |
board
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canvas ⓘ paper ⓘ |
| inception | early 1990s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
children’s spin art toys
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process art ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
Beautiful, amore, gasp, eyes going into the top of the head and fluttering painting
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Beautiful, childish, expressive, tasteless, not art, over simplistic, throw away, kid’s stuff, lacking in integrity painting ⓘ Spin Paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Beautiful, inside my head forever spinning painting
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| partOf | Damien Hirst body of work ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
engagement with chance and control
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experimentation with process ⓘ visual impact ⓘ |
| productionMethod |
mechanically assisted painting
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paint poured onto spinning surface ⓘ |
| relatedSeriesByArtist |
Medicine Cabinets
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Spot Paintings ⓘ |
| usesDevice | spinning machine ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | centrifugal painting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spin Paintings Description of subject: Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Beautiful, inside my head forever spinning painting