Sailor’s Meat
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Sailor’s Meat is an early, transgressive performance and video work by American artist Paul McCarthy that uses grotesque, bodily actions to critique consumer culture and social norms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sailor’s Meat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4982284 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sailor’s Meat Context triple: [Paul McCarthy, notableWork, Sailor’s Meat]
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Fisherman’s Feast
Fisherman’s Feast is a historic Italian-American religious and cultural street festival in Boston’s North End, celebrated with processions, food, and community events honoring the Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca.
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Navarin
Navarin is an alternative name for the Battle of Navarino, a decisive 1827 naval engagement during the Greek War of Independence in which an Ottoman-Egyptian fleet was destroyed by a combined British, French, and Russian force.
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Steak and Ale
Steak and Ale was a pioneering American casual-dining restaurant chain known for popularizing affordable steakhouse meals in a relaxed, pub-style atmosphere.
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D.
Carnes
Carnes is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals and fictional characters, including Ado Annie Carnes from the musical "Oklahoma!".
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Pork, Beans and Hard Tack
"Pork, Beans and Hard Tack" is the traditional regimental march associated with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, a Canadian infantry regiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sailor’s Meat Target entity description: Sailor’s Meat is an early, transgressive performance and video work by American artist Paul McCarthy that uses grotesque, bodily actions to critique consumer culture and social norms.
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A.
Fisherman’s Feast
Fisherman’s Feast is a historic Italian-American religious and cultural street festival in Boston’s North End, celebrated with processions, food, and community events honoring the Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca.
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B.
Navarin
Navarin is an alternative name for the Battle of Navarino, a decisive 1827 naval engagement during the Greek War of Independence in which an Ottoman-Egyptian fleet was destroyed by a combined British, French, and Russian force.
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C.
Steak and Ale
Steak and Ale was a pioneering American casual-dining restaurant chain known for popularizing affordable steakhouse meals in a relaxed, pub-style atmosphere.
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D.
Carnes
Carnes is a surname of English origin borne by various individuals and fictional characters, including Ado Annie Carnes from the musical "Oklahoma!".
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E.
Pork, Beans and Hard Tack
"Pork, Beans and Hard Tack" is the traditional regimental march associated with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, a Canadian infantry regiment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
performance artwork
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video artwork ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
bodily actions
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grotesque imagery ⓘ improvisation ⓘ performance for camera ⓘ self-degradation ⓘ shock tactics ⓘ use of food as material ⓘ |
| artisticGoal |
critique of consumer culture
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critique of social norms ⓘ destabilization of viewer expectations ⓘ exposure of repressed desires ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Paul McCarthy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
performance art
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video art ⓘ |
| hasReception |
considered a key early work in Paul McCarthy’s oeuvre
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frequently cited in discussions of abject and transgressive art ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American popular culture
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abjection ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ sexuality ⓘ social norms ⓘ the body ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
1960s and 1970s performance art
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Fluxus NERFINISHED ⓘ Happenings NERFINISHED ⓘ Viennese Actionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium |
live performance
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video ⓘ |
| movement |
body art
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conceptual art ⓘ postminimalism ⓘ transgressive art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
confrontational relationship with the viewer
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early example of Paul McCarthy’s transgressive style ⓘ extreme, messy actions involving food and bodily fluids ⓘ use of the artist’s own body as primary medium ⓘ |
| partOf | Paul McCarthy’s early performance works ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
collapse of boundaries between art and life
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commodification of the body ⓘ critique of American mass media imagery ⓘ taboo and disgust ⓘ |
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Subject: Sailor’s Meat Description of subject: Sailor’s Meat is an early, transgressive performance and video work by American artist Paul McCarthy that uses grotesque, bodily actions to critique consumer culture and social norms.
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