Sherrie Levine
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Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sherrie Levine canonical | 15 |
| Sherrie Levine’s appropriation series | 1 |
| Sherrie Levine’s series of “After” works | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845846 — 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: Sherrie Levine Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Sherrie Levine]
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A.
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and conceptual artist renowned for her staged self-portraits that critically explore identity, gender, and representation in contemporary culture.
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B.
Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist known for her bold, text-based works that combine black-and-white imagery with provocative slogans to critique consumerism, power, and gender politics.
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C.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
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D.
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
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E.
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer renowned for her humanistic, often intimate photojournalism and long association with Magnum Photos.
- 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: Sherrie Levine Target entity description: Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
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A.
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and conceptual artist renowned for her staged self-portraits that critically explore identity, gender, and representation in contemporary culture.
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B.
Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist known for her bold, text-based works that combine black-and-white imagery with provocative slogans to critique consumerism, power, and gender politics.
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C.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
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D.
Glenn Ligon
Glenn Ligon is an American conceptual artist known for his text-based paintings and installations that explore race, language, identity, and the politics of representation.
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E.
Inge Morath
Inge Morath was an Austrian-born photographer renowned for her humanistic, often intimate photojournalism and long association with Magnum Photos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
appropriation artist
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conceptual artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| artisticPractice |
appropriation of existing artworks
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questioning authenticity in art ⓘ questioning authorship in art ⓘ questioning originality in art ⓘ rephotography ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
feminist art discourse
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postmodern theory ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
appropriation art
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conceptual art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| genre |
appropriation art
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conceptual photography ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edward Weston
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Marcel Duchamp ⓘ Walker Evans ⓘ modernist photography ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Pictures Generation
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
appropriation as artistic strategy
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critique of authenticity in art ⓘ critique of authorship in art ⓘ critique of originality in art ⓘ |
| notableWork |
After Degas
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After Edward Weston ⓘ After Mondrian ⓘ After Renoir ⓘ After Rodchenko ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander Rodchenko
After Russell Lee ⓘ
linked to:
Russell Lee
After Stieglitz ⓘ After Walker Evans ⓘ After Walker Evans: 1–22 ⓘ Fountain (After Marcel Duchamp) ⓘ
linked to:
Fountain
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| occupation |
artist
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conceptual artist ⓘ photographer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
painting
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photography ⓘ printmaking ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sherrie Levine Description of subject: Sherrie Levine is an American conceptual artist best known for her appropriation works that challenge ideas of originality, authorship, and authenticity in art.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Sherrie Levine
linked to: Sherrie Levine