Mira Schendel
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Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mira Schendel canonical | 8 |
| Mira Schendel (artist) | 1 |
| Mira Schendel (as an influence and connection, though not resident) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1170257 — 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: Mira Schendel Context triple: [Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, hasNotableAlumni, Mira Schendel]
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A.
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist renowned for her innovative sculptures, installations, and assemblages that often engage with architecture, urban space, and modern consumer culture.
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Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
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C.
A. R. Penck
A. R. Penck was a German neo-expressionist painter, printmaker, and sculptor known for his primitive, pictographic style and politically charged works created in both East and West Germany.
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D.
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas is a South African-born, Netherlands-based contemporary artist renowned for her emotionally charged figurative paintings that explore themes of identity, sexuality, race, and politics.
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E.
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American social realist artist and photographer known for his politically engaged murals, paintings, and documentary photographs of working-class life during the Great Depression.
- 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: Mira Schendel Target entity description: Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
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A.
Isa Genzken
Isa Genzken is a German contemporary artist renowned for her innovative sculptures, installations, and assemblages that often engage with architecture, urban space, and modern consumer culture.
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B.
Christina Oiticica
Christina Oiticica is a Brazilian visual artist known for her experimental, nature-integrated works and her long-time partnership with writer Paulo Coelho.
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C.
A. R. Penck
A. R. Penck was a German neo-expressionist painter, printmaker, and sculptor known for his primitive, pictographic style and politically charged works created in both East and West Germany.
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D.
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas is a South African-born, Netherlands-based contemporary artist renowned for her emotionally charged figurative paintings that explore themes of identity, sexuality, race, and politics.
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E.
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn was a Lithuanian-born American social realist artist and photographer known for his politically engaged murals, paintings, and documentary photographs of working-class life during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian artist
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artist ⓘ conceptual artist ⓘ human ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| birthName | Myrrha Dagmar Dub ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Brazil
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Brazil ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-10-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1988-07-24 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
conceptual art
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drawing ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ printmaking ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| hasExhibition |
Bienal de São Paulo
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linked to:
São Paulo Art Biennial
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo exhibitions ⓘ Tate Modern retrospective 2013 ⓘ
linked to:
Tate Modern
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| influencedBy |
Catholic theology
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modernist typography ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| movement |
Latin American modernism
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linked to:
Latin American Modernism
concrete art ⓘ neo-concrete art ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-Concrete movement
postwar art ⓘ |
| name | Mira Schendel ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to postwar Latin American art
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exploration of language in art ⓘ investigation of perception and materiality ⓘ use of fragile materials such as rice paper ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Droguinhas
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Monotipias ⓘ Objetos gráficos ⓘ Sarrafos ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
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| placeOfDeath | São Paulo ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Brazil
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Latin America ⓘ |
| residence | São Paulo ⓘ |
| spouse | Knut Schendel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
English
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mira Schendel Description of subject: Mira Schendel was a Swiss-born Brazilian artist renowned for her innovative conceptual works that explored language, materiality, and perception, making her a central figure in postwar Latin American art.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mira Schendel
Heide Circle
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associatedArtist
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Mira Schendel (as an influence and connection, though not resident)
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linked to: Mira Schendel