Julian Opie
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Julian Opie is a British visual artist known for his distinctive minimalist, graphic-style portraits and landscapes that blend fine art with pop and digital aesthetics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Julian Opie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8213976 — 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: Julian Opie Context triple: [Young British Artists, associatedPerson, Julian Opie]
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A.
Gary Hume
Gary Hume is a British painter known for his glossy, abstracted depictions of everyday subjects and his prominence within the Young British Artists movement of the late 20th century.
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B.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
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C.
Peter Doig
Peter Doig is a contemporary Scottish-born painter renowned for his atmospheric, dreamlike landscapes that blend memory, photography, and art-historical references.
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D.
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.
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E.
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist renowned for his innovative, often abstract and experimental approach to photography that blurs the boundaries between fine art and documentary.
- 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: Julian Opie Target entity description: Julian Opie is a British visual artist known for his distinctive minimalist, graphic-style portraits and landscapes that blend fine art with pop and digital aesthetics.
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A.
Gary Hume
Gary Hume is a British painter known for his glossy, abstracted depictions of everyday subjects and his prominence within the Young British Artists movement of the late 20th century.
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B.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
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C.
Peter Doig
Peter Doig is a contemporary Scottish-born painter renowned for his atmospheric, dreamlike landscapes that blend memory, photography, and art-historical references.
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D.
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.
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E.
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German photographer and artist renowned for his innovative, often abstract and experimental approach to photography that blurs the boundaries between fine art and documentary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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painter ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| artStyle |
digital aesthetics
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graphic style ⓘ minimalism ⓘ pop art aesthetics ⓘ |
| basedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-01-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Goldsmiths College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goldsmiths, University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Opie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
landscape art
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portraiture ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape art
ⓘ
portrait art ⓘ |
| givenName | Julian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Art Gallery of New South Wales
NERFINISHED
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ National Portrait Gallery, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Tate Modern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.julianopie.com ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Japanese woodblock prints
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pop art ⓘ signage and pictograms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Academy of Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
New British Sculpture
NERFINISHED
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Julian Opie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
digital animation works
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minimalist graphic portraits ⓘ simplified landscapes ⓘ use of bold outlines and flat colours ⓘ |
| notableWork | album cover art for Blur – The Best Of ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| usesTechnique |
computer-assisted design
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reduction of detail to essential lines ⓘ vector-based imagery ⓘ |
| workMedium |
LED panels
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digital animation ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ vinyl ⓘ |
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Instruction
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