Runaways
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Runaways is a 1993 conceptual art series by Glenn Ligon that mimics 19th-century fugitive slave advertisements using contemporary descriptions of the artist written by his friends to explore race, identity, and representation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Runaways canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4641951 — 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: Runaways Context triple: [Glenn Ligon, notableWork, Runaways]
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A.
The Runaways
The Runaways is a 2010 biographical drama film about the 1970s all-female rock band of the same name, focusing on the relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.
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B.
Marvel’s Runaways
Marvel’s Runaways is a television series based on the Marvel Comics about a group of teenagers who discover their parents are part of an evil criminal organization and band together to stop them.
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C.
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger is a Marvel Comics–based television series that follows two teenagers with interconnected superpowers navigating crime, corruption, and their growing bond.
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D.
The Runaway
"The Runaway" is a famous 1958 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell depicting a young boy and a kindly policeman seated at a diner counter, capturing a nostalgic, narrative moment of small-town American life.
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E.
The Runaway
*The Runaway* is a memoir by British wood engraver Gwen Raverat that vividly recounts her eccentric Victorian childhood in the Darwin family.
- 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: Runaways Target entity description: Runaways is a 1993 conceptual art series by Glenn Ligon that mimics 19th-century fugitive slave advertisements using contemporary descriptions of the artist written by his friends to explore race, identity, and representation.
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A.
The Runaways
The Runaways is a 2010 biographical drama film about the 1970s all-female rock band of the same name, focusing on the relationship between Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.
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B.
Marvel’s Runaways
Marvel’s Runaways is a television series based on the Marvel Comics about a group of teenagers who discover their parents are part of an evil criminal organization and band together to stop them.
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C.
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger is a Marvel Comics–based television series that follows two teenagers with interconnected superpowers navigating crime, corruption, and their growing bond.
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D.
The Runaway
"The Runaway" is a famous 1958 painting by American illustrator Norman Rockwell depicting a young boy and a kindly policeman seated at a diner counter, capturing a nostalgic, narrative moment of small-town American life.
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E.
The Runaway
*The Runaway* is a memoir by British wood engraver Gwen Raverat that vividly recounts her eccentric Victorian childhood in the Darwin family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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conceptual art series ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
appropriation
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conceptual strategy ⓘ textual mimicry ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Glenn Ligon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorEthnicity | African American ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts | imagined runaway notices about the artist ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | various contemporary art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| explores |
historical memory of slavery
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how Black bodies are described ⓘ language and power ⓘ the gap between self-image and external description ⓘ the politics of looking ⓘ |
| features | descriptions of the artist written by his friends ⓘ |
| format | text laid out like historical newspaper ads ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasPart | series of prints ⓘ |
| inception | 1993 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | 19th-century fugitive slave advertisements ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American experience
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identity ⓘ race ⓘ representation ⓘ self-representation ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ stereotypes ⓘ |
| medium |
print
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text-based art ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person descriptions of the artist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical engagement with racialized description
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reframing fugitive slave ads through contemporary language ⓘ use of friends’ voices to construct the artist’s image ⓘ |
| partOf | Glenn Ligon’s broader practice of text-based conceptual art ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Glenn Ligon’s text-based paintings ⓘ |
| uses | contemporary descriptions of Glenn Ligon ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Runaways Description of subject: Runaways is a 1993 conceptual art series by Glenn Ligon that mimics 19th-century fugitive slave advertisements using contemporary descriptions of the artist written by his friends to explore race, identity, and representation.
Referenced by (1)
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