Shusaku Arakawa
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Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect known for his collaborative, philosophically driven works that challenge perception and conventional notions of space and the body.
All labels observed (1)
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| Shusaku Arakawa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10062546 — 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: Shusaku Arakawa Context triple: [National Museum of Western Art, hasWorkBy, Shusaku Arakawa]
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A.
Kisho Kurokawa
Kisho Kurokawa was a prominent Japanese architect and co-founder of the Metabolist movement, known for his innovative, futuristic designs and influential theoretical contributions to postwar architecture.
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B.
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki is a renowned Japanese architect known for his influential and eclectic postmodern designs that bridge Eastern and Western architectural traditions.
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C.
Tadao Kashio
Tadao Kashio was a Japanese engineer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Casio and pioneering innovative electronic calculators and consumer electronics.
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D.
Kiyonori Kikutake
Kiyonori Kikutake was a pioneering Japanese architect and leading figure of the Metabolist movement, known for his visionary megastructure and marine city designs.
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E.
Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange was a pioneering Japanese architect and urban planner known for blending modernist principles with traditional Japanese aesthetics and for designing landmark projects such as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
- 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: Shusaku Arakawa Target entity description: Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect known for his collaborative, philosophically driven works that challenge perception and conventional notions of space and the body.
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A.
Kisho Kurokawa
Kisho Kurokawa was a prominent Japanese architect and co-founder of the Metabolist movement, known for his innovative, futuristic designs and influential theoretical contributions to postwar architecture.
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B.
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki is a renowned Japanese architect known for his influential and eclectic postmodern designs that bridge Eastern and Western architectural traditions.
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C.
Tadao Kashio
Tadao Kashio was a Japanese engineer and entrepreneur best known for co-founding Casio and pioneering innovative electronic calculators and consumer electronics.
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D.
Kiyonori Kikutake
Kiyonori Kikutake was a pioneering Japanese architect and leading figure of the Metabolist movement, known for his visionary megastructure and marine city designs.
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E.
Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange was a pioneering Japanese architect and urban planner known for blending modernist principles with traditional Japanese aesthetics and for designing landmark projects such as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese artist
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architect ⓘ conceptual artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-07-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-05-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Musashino Art University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Arakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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conceptual art ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Shusaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
NERFINISHED
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Surrealism ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| movedTo | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde
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conceptual art ⓘ |
| name | Shusaku Arakawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
participation in the 35th Venice Biennale
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retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
architectural body
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challenging conventional perception of space and the body ⓘ life-extending architecture ⓘ procedural architecture ⓘ reversible destiny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Biotopological Scale-Juggling Escalator
NERFINISHED
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Blank Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka – In Memory of Helen Keller NERFINISHED ⓘ Site of Reversible Destiny – Yoro Park NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mechanism of Meaning NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubiquitous Site, Nagi’s Ryoanji, Architectural Body NERFINISHED ⓘ Untitled (paintings and diagrammatic works of the 1960s) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partnerInWork | Madeline Gins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Aichi Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Nagoya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| residence |
Japan
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New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Madeline Gins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shusaku Arakawa Description of subject: Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect known for his collaborative, philosophically driven works that challenge perception and conventional notions of space and the body.
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