Jeff Koons
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Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeff Koons canonical | 55 |
| Jeff Koons Celebration series | 2 |
| Jeffrey Lynn Koons | 1 |
| Koons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T276154 — 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: Jeff Koons Context triple: [Andy Warhol, influenced, Jeff Koons]
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was a leading American Pop Art pioneer known for his iconic depictions of consumer goods and celebrities, such as his Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe silkscreens.
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B.
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a leading American pop artist best known for his comic strip–inspired paintings that used bold colors, Ben-Day dots, and ironic commentary on mass culture.
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C.
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana was an American pop artist best known for his iconic text-based works, especially the LOVE image that became a symbol of the 1960s counterculture and peace movements.
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D.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer, celebrated as a leading figure of 20th-century pop art and for his vibrant, innovative explorations of space, perspective, and technology in art.
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E.
Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is a renowned British-Indian sculptor known for his large-scale, reflective, and often abstract public artworks that explore perception, space, and materiality.
- 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: Jeff Koons Target entity description: Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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A.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was a leading American Pop Art pioneer known for his iconic depictions of consumer goods and celebrities, such as his Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe silkscreens.
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B.
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was a leading American pop artist best known for his comic strip–inspired paintings that used bold colors, Ben-Day dots, and ironic commentary on mass culture.
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C.
Robert Indiana
Robert Indiana was an American pop artist best known for his iconic text-based works, especially the LOVE image that became a symbol of the 1960s counterculture and peace movements.
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D.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer, celebrated as a leading figure of 20th-century pop art and for his vibrant, innovative explorations of space, perspective, and technology in art.
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E.
Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is a renowned British-Indian sculptor known for his large-scale, reflective, and often abstract public artworks that explore perception, space, and materiality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| birthName |
Jeff Koons
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jeffrey Lynn Koons
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-01-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Maryland Institute College of Art
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Jeff Koons studio ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jeff Koons
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Koons
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| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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installation art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | pop art ⓘ |
| givenName | Jeffrey ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Broad Museum
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ⓘ Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Andy Warhol
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Claes Oldenburg ⓘ Marcel Duchamp ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Pop art
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surface form:
Neo-pop art
Postmodernism ⓘ
surface form:
Postmodern art
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| name | Jeff Koons self-link ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
exhibition at the Centre Pompidou (2014)
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exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2015) ⓘ retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2014) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Balloon Dog (Blue)
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Balloon Dog (Magenta) ⓘ Balloon Dog (Orange) ⓘ Balloon Dog (Red) ⓘ Balloon Dog (Yellow) ⓘ Banality series ⓘ Celebration series ⓘ Hanging Heart ⓘ Made in Heaven ⓘ Michael Jackson and Bubbles ⓘ Play-Doh ⓘ Puppy ⓘ Rabbit ⓘ Split-Rocker ⓘ Tulips ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
York, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
York, Pennsylvania, United States
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| record | created one of the most expensive works sold at auction by a living artist ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ilona Staller
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Justine Wheeler ⓘ |
| style |
appropriation of everyday objects
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large-scale sculptures ⓘ references to popular culture ⓘ use of high-gloss surfaces ⓘ |
| theme |
celebrity culture
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childhood and play ⓘ consumerism ⓘ kitsch ⓘ |
| workedAs | Wall Street commodities broker ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jeff Koons Description of subject: Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
Referenced by (59)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Puppy
subject surface form:
Puppy
subject surface form:
Puppy