Protect Me From What I Want
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"Protect Me From What I Want" is a widely recognized text-based artwork by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer, emblematic of her use of provocative aphorisms to critique power, desire, and consumer culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Protect Me From What I Want canonical | 2 |
| PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2620472 — 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: Protect Me From What I Want Context triple: [Jenny Holzer, notableWork, Protect Me From What I Want]
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A.
What About Me
"What About Me" is a studio album by country music artist Kenny Rogers, released in 1984 and featuring the hit title track duet with Kim Carnes and James Ingram.
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B.
Everything You Want
"Everything You Want" is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Ray J, showcasing his early blend of contemporary R&B and hip hop influences.
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C.
A Day Without Me
"A Day Without Me" is a song by the Irish rock band U2, released in 1980 on their debut album "Boy."
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D.
That Wasn’t Me
"That Wasn’t Me" is a soulful, gospel-tinged folk-rock song by Brandi Carlile that reflects on addiction, redemption, and personal transformation.
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E.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
- 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: Protect Me From What I Want Target entity description: "Protect Me From What I Want" is a widely recognized text-based artwork by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer, emblematic of her use of provocative aphorisms to critique power, desire, and consumer culture.
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A.
What About Me
"What About Me" is a studio album by country music artist Kenny Rogers, released in 1984 and featuring the hit title track duet with Kim Carnes and James Ingram.
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B.
Everything You Want
"Everything You Want" is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Ray J, showcasing his early blend of contemporary R&B and hip hop influences.
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C.
A Day Without Me
"A Day Without Me" is a song by the Irish rock band U2, released in 1980 on their debut album "Boy."
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D.
That Wasn’t Me
"That Wasn’t Me" is a soulful, gospel-tinged folk-rock song by Brandi Carlile that reflects on addiction, redemption, and personal transformation.
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E.
Everything I Thought It Was
"Everything I Thought It Was" is a pop and R&B studio album by American singer Justin Timberlake, marking his return to music after a lengthy hiatus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork with text
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conceptual artwork ⓘ text-based artwork ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
LED display
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printed text ⓘ projection ⓘ public signage ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
ambivalence
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control and submission ⓘ critique of consumerism ⓘ critique of power structures ⓘ psychology of desire ⓘ self-sabotage ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| author | Jenny Holzer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Jenny Holzer ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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text art ⓘ |
| hasCapitalizationStyle | all caps ⓘ |
| hasForm |
LED sign
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aphorism ⓘ installation ⓘ slogan ⓘ text projection ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasReception |
frequently cited in contemporary art discourse
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iconic ⓘ widely recognized ⓘ |
| influenced |
later text-based art
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public art using slogans ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anxiety
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consumer culture ⓘ control ⓘ desire ⓘ power ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ |
| movement | neo-conceptual art ⓘ |
| notableQuoteText | PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Truisms series
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surface form:
Truisms
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| usedAs |
artistic motto
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critical slogan ⓘ cultural reference ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
gallery installation
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museum installation ⓘ public art ⓘ urban space ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Protect Me From What I Want Description of subject: "Protect Me From What I Want" is a widely recognized text-based artwork by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer, emblematic of her use of provocative aphorisms to critique power, desire, and consumer culture.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jenny Holzer
this entity surface form:
PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT