Cornelia Parker
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Cornelia Parker is a British contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale installations and sculptures that often involve the transformation or destruction of everyday objects to explore themes of perception, memory, and history.
All labels observed (1)
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| Cornelia Parker canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelia Parker Context triple: [Young British Artists, associatedPerson, Cornelia Parker]
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A.
Phyllida Barlow
Phyllida Barlow was a British contemporary artist renowned for her monumental, improvised sculptural installations made from everyday materials.
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B.
Lynda Benglis
Lynda Benglis is an American sculptor and visual artist known for her pioneering poured latex and foam works that challenged traditional notions of sculpture and feminist representation in contemporary art.
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C.
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is a British sculptor renowned for her large-scale cast works that capture the negative spaces of everyday objects and architectural interiors.
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D.
Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville is a British contemporary painter renowned for her large-scale, unflinching depictions of the human body, particularly female flesh, which challenge conventional ideals of beauty.
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E.
Nancy Rubins
Nancy Rubins is an American sculptor known for her monumental assemblage works made from industrial and discarded materials, often installed in large-scale public and institutional settings.
- 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: Cornelia Parker Target entity description: Cornelia Parker is a British contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale installations and sculptures that often involve the transformation or destruction of everyday objects to explore themes of perception, memory, and history.
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A.
Phyllida Barlow
Phyllida Barlow was a British contemporary artist renowned for her monumental, improvised sculptural installations made from everyday materials.
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B.
Lynda Benglis
Lynda Benglis is an American sculptor and visual artist known for her pioneering poured latex and foam works that challenged traditional notions of sculpture and feminist representation in contemporary art.
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C.
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread is a British sculptor renowned for her large-scale cast works that capture the negative spaces of everyday objects and architectural interiors.
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D.
Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville is a British contemporary painter renowned for her large-scale, unflinching depictions of the human body, particularly female flesh, which challenge conventional ideals of beauty.
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E.
Nancy Rubins
Nancy Rubins is an American sculptor known for her monumental assemblage works made from industrial and discarded materials, often installed in large-scale public and institutional settings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
OBE
NERFINISHED
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Turner Prize nomination ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-07-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Gloucestershire College of Art and Design
NERFINISHED
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Reading University NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolverhampton Polytechnic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Academy of Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
contemporary art
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installation art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkExhibitedAt |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NERFINISHED
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Serpentine Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitworth Art Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | RA ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Academy of Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Cornelia Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Turner Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableExhibition | Tate Britain retrospective 2022 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Avoided Object
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Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View NERFINISHED ⓘ Edge of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Magna Carta (An Embroidery) NERFINISHED ⓘ One Day This Glass Will Break NERFINISHED ⓘ Perpetual Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ Subconscious of a Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ The Maybe NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirty Pieces of Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Transitional Object (PsychoBarn) NERFINISHED ⓘ War Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cheshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools ⓘ |
| workFocus |
destruction and reconfiguration of objects
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themes of history ⓘ themes of memory ⓘ themes of perception ⓘ transformation of everyday objects ⓘ |
| yearOfTurnerPrizeNomination | 1997 ⓘ |
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