Spin Paintings

E192101

abstract painting series art series

Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Spin Paintings canonical	2
Beautiful, inside my head forever spinning painting	1
Damien Hirst spin paintings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1697419 — 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: Spin Paintings
Context triple: [Damien Hirst, notableWork, Spin Paintings]

A. Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings is a famous series of abstract works by British artist Damien Hirst featuring grids of uniformly spaced, multicolored dots on white backgrounds.
B. Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.
C. Graffitia
Graffitia is a song featured on the album "Father of All Motherfuckers" by Green Day.
D. Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
E. Op art
Op art is an abstract art movement that uses precise patterns, contrasts, and optical illusions to create a sense of movement and visual vibration.
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: Spin Paintings
Target entity description: Spin Paintings are a series of abstract, centrifuge-created works by British artist Damien Hirst, characterized by vividly colored paint radiating from a central point.

A. Spot Paintings
Spot Paintings is a famous series of abstract works by British artist Damien Hirst featuring grids of uniformly spaced, multicolored dots on white backgrounds.
B. Brushstroke
Brushstroke is a 1965 pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein that magnifies a single painterly brushstroke into a bold, comic-strip-style image commenting on art and representation.
C. Graffitia
Graffitia is a song featured on the album "Father of All Motherfuckers" by Green Day.
D. Action painting
Action painting is an abstract expressionist style of painting characterized by spontaneous, dynamic brushwork and the physical act of painting as an essential aspect of the artwork.
E. Op art
Op art is an abstract art movement that uses precise patterns, contrasts, and optical illusions to create a sense of movement and visual vibration.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abstract painting series ⓘ art series ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	Young British Artists ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	chance ⓘ consumer culture ⓘ mechanization of art ⓘ playfulness ⓘ spectacle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Damien Hirst ⓘ
criticizedFor	perceived superficiality ⓘ reliance on mechanical process ⓘ
exhibitedAt	Gagosian Gallery ⓘ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ White Cube, London ⓘ linked to: White Cube
genre	abstract art ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	chance-based patterns ⓘ circular format ⓘ highly saturated colors ⓘ paint radiating from a central point ⓘ radial composition ⓘ vividly colored paint ⓘ
hasCriticalReception	mixed critical response ⓘ
hasMarketReception	commercial popularity ⓘ high auction prices ⓘ
hasMedium	acrylic paint ⓘ household gloss paint ⓘ
hasSupport	board ⓘ canvas ⓘ paper ⓘ
inception	early 1990s ⓘ
influencedBy	children’s spin art toys ⓘ process art ⓘ
movement	contemporary art ⓘ
notableWorkInSeries	Beautiful, amore, gasp, eyes going into the top of the head and fluttering painting ⓘ Beautiful, childish, expressive, tasteless, not art, over simplistic, throw away, kid’s stuff, lacking in integrity painting ⓘ Beautiful, inside my head forever spinning painting ⓘ linked to: Spin Paintings
partOf	Damien Hirst body of work ⓘ
praisedFor	engagement with chance and control ⓘ experimentation with process ⓘ visual impact ⓘ
productionMethod	mechanically assisted painting ⓘ paint poured onto spinning surface ⓘ
relatedSeriesByArtist	Medicine Cabinets ⓘ Spot Paintings ⓘ
usesDevice	spinning machine ⓘ
usesTechnique	centrifugal painting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Damien Hirst → notableWork → Spin Paintings ⓘ

Damien Hirst → notableSeries → Spin Paintings ⓘ

Spin Paintings → notableWorkInSeries → Beautiful, inside my head forever spinning painting ⓘ

linked to: Spin Paintings

Beautiful, amore, gasp, eyes going into the top of the head and fluttering painting → partOfSeries → Damien Hirst spin paintings ⓘ