James Turrell
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James Turrell is an American artist renowned for his immersive light and space installations that explore perception, color, and the experience of seeing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Turrell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5502632 — 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: James Turrell Context triple: [Dia Art Foundation, supportsArtist, James Turrell]
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A.
Walter De Maria
Walter De Maria was an American sculptor and composer best known for his large-scale, minimalist land art installations such as "The Lightning Field."
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B.
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist best known for his pioneering installations of fluorescent light fixtures that transform architectural space with color and illumination.
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C.
Larry Bell
Larry Bell is an American contemporary artist best known for his pioneering glass cube sculptures and explorations of light, reflection, and perception.
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D.
Larry Bell
Larry Bell was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who established the Bell Aircraft Corporation, a key player in early military and experimental aircraft development.
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E.
Donald Judd
Donald Judd was an influential American artist and leading figure of Minimalism, known for his precise, industrially fabricated geometric sculptures and installations.
- 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: James Turrell Target entity description: James Turrell is an American artist renowned for his immersive light and space installations that explore perception, color, and the experience of seeing.
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A.
Walter De Maria
Walter De Maria was an American sculptor and composer best known for his large-scale, minimalist land art installations such as "The Lightning Field."
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B.
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist best known for his pioneering installations of fluorescent light fixtures that transform architectural space with color and illumination.
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C.
Larry Bell
Larry Bell is an American contemporary artist best known for his pioneering glass cube sculptures and explorations of light, reflection, and perception.
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D.
Larry Bell
Larry Bell was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who established the Bell Aircraft Corporation, a key player in early military and experimental aircraft development.
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E.
Donald Judd
Donald Judd was an influential American artist and leading figure of Minimalism, known for his precise, industrially fabricated geometric sculptures and installations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
MacArthur Fellowship
NERFINISHED
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National Medal of Arts ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-05-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Claremont Graduate School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pomona College NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Turrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art
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installation art ⓘ light and space art ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
NERFINISHED
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Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProject | transformation of Roden Crater into a naked-eye observatory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Quaker meeting house architecture
ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ perceptual psychology ⓘ |
| movement |
Light and Space movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ |
| name | James Turrell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Roden Crater project
NERFINISHED
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Skyspace series NERFINISHED ⓘ exploration of perception ⓘ immersive light installations ⓘ use of color and light ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Afrum I (White)
NERFINISHED
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Aten Reign NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganzfeld installations NERFINISHED ⓘ Meeting (MoMA PS1) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roden Crater NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyspaces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| religion | Quakerism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
art
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mathematics ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
architecture
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light ⓘ projection ⓘ space ⓘ |
| workFocus |
experience of seeing
ⓘ
perception of light ⓘ spatial perception ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Turrell Description of subject: James Turrell is an American artist renowned for his immersive light and space installations that explore perception, color, and the experience of seeing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.