Marc Quinn
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Marc Quinn is a contemporary British artist known for his provocative sculptures and installations that explore themes of the body, identity, and mortality, and for being a prominent member of the Young British Artists movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marc Quinn canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marc Quinn Context triple: [Young British Artists, associatedPerson, Marc Quinn]
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Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative, concept-driven works involving preserved animals, pharmaceuticals, and explorations of death and consumerism.
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Jeff Koons
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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C.
Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor renowned for his meticulously detailed, often monumental human figures that explore scale, vulnerability, and the human condition.
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Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor renowned for his large-scale public artworks and explorations of the human body in space, such as the iconic "Angel of the North."
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E.
Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili is a British painter known for his vibrant, multilayered works that often incorporate unconventional materials like elephant dung and explore themes of Black identity, religion, and popular culture.
- 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: Marc Quinn Target entity description: Marc Quinn is a contemporary British artist known for his provocative sculptures and installations that explore themes of the body, identity, and mortality, and for being a prominent member of the Young British Artists movement.
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A.
Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative, concept-driven works involving preserved animals, pharmaceuticals, and explorations of death and consumerism.
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B.
Jeff Koons
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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C.
Ron Mueck
Ron Mueck is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor renowned for his meticulously detailed, often monumental human figures that explore scale, vulnerability, and the human condition.
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D.
Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor renowned for his large-scale public artworks and explorations of the human body in space, such as the iconic "Angel of the North."
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E.
Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili is a British painter known for his vibrant, multilayered works that often incorporate unconventional materials like elephant dung and explore themes of Black identity, religion, and popular culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (102)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Young British Artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Mayor of London’s Fourth Plinth Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-01-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
NERFINISHED
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Robinson College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | self-employed ⓘ |
| familyName | Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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installation art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| givenName | Marc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
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Centre Pompidou NERFINISHED ⓘ Fondazione Prada NERFINISHED ⓘ Guggenheim Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ National Portrait Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Saatchi Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
blood
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bronze ⓘ flowers ⓘ gold ⓘ ice ⓘ marble ⓘ oil paint ⓘ photography ⓘ silicone ⓘ stainless steel ⓘ |
| movement |
Young British Artists
NERFINISHED
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conceptual art ⓘ contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Marc Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
NERFINISHED
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solo exhibitions at Fondation Beyeler ⓘ solo exhibitions at Tate Britain ⓘ solo exhibitions at White Cube ⓘ |
| notableFor |
installations exploring the body
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provocative sculptures ⓘ use of unconventional materials ⓘ works about identity ⓘ works about mortality ⓘ |
| notablePublicArtwork | Alison Lapper Pregnant on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alison Lapper Pregnant
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Blood Head series NERFINISHED ⓘ Chemical Life Support NERFINISHED ⓘ Evolution NERFINISHED ⓘ Garden ⓘ History Paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ Making Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ Planet NERFINISHED ⓘ Self ⓘ Sphinx NERFINISHED ⓘ The Archaeology of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Archaeology of the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ The Beauty of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Bang NERFINISHED ⓘ The Breath of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ The Complete Marbles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Creation of History NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eight Thoughts NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eye of History NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eye of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ The Eye of the Storm NERFINISHED ⓘ The Garden of Eden NERFINISHED ⓘ The History of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Invisible Man NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kiss of Death NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man Who Couldn’t See NERFINISHED ⓘ The Memory of Water NERFINISHED ⓘ The Miraculous Journey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nature of Things NERFINISHED ⓘ The Origin of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ The Origin of Species NERFINISHED ⓘ The Road to Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shape of History NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shape of Things to Come NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sleep of Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ The Toxic Sublime NERFINISHED ⓘ The Weight of History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| studied | history of art ⓘ |
| theme |
body
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celebrity culture ⓘ disability ⓘ environment ⓘ genetics ⓘ identity ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| website | https://marcquinn.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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