Katharina Fritsch
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Katharina Fritsch is a German contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, vividly colored sculptures that transform everyday objects and animals into uncanny, iconic forms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Katharina Fritsch canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katharina Fritsch Context triple: [Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, hasNotableAlumnus, Katharina Fritsch]
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A.
Thomas Schütte
Thomas Schütte is a contemporary German artist renowned for his diverse body of work spanning sculpture, architecture, and works on paper that often explore memory, monumentality, and the human condition.
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B.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
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C.
Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, and key figure of Neo-Expressionism known for his bold, often monumental works that blend abstraction with figurative motifs.
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D.
Rosemarie Trockel
Rosemarie Trockel is a German contemporary artist known for her conceptually driven works that challenge gender roles and traditional distinctions between fine art and craft.
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E.
Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz is a German painter and sculptor known for his expressive, often inverted figurative works that challenged postwar artistic conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katharina Fritsch Target entity description: Katharina Fritsch is a German contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, vividly colored sculptures that transform everyday objects and animals into uncanny, iconic forms.
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A.
Thomas Schütte
Thomas Schütte is a contemporary German artist renowned for his diverse body of work spanning sculpture, architecture, and works on paper that often explore memory, monumentality, and the human condition.
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B.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
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C.
Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz is a German painter, sculptor, and key figure of Neo-Expressionism known for his bold, often monumental works that blend abstraction with figurative motifs.
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D.
Rosemarie Trockel
Rosemarie Trockel is a German contemporary artist known for her conceptually driven works that challenge gender roles and traditional distinctions between fine art and craft.
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E.
Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz is a German painter and sculptor known for his expressive, often inverted figurative works that challenged postwar artistic conventions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artStyle |
conceptual art
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minimalism ⓘ pop art ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Piepenbrock Prize for Sculpture
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Wolfgang Hahn Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-02-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
pop culture
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religious iconography ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
animal sculptures
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large-scale sculptures ⓘ monochrome sculptures ⓘ uncanny representations of everyday objects ⓘ vivid colors ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Documenta 10
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linked to:
Documenta (Kassel)
Documenta 9 ⓘ
linked to:
Documenta (Kassel)
Kunsthaus Zürich ⓘ Museum of Modern Art, New York ⓘ
linked to:
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Tate Modern, London ⓘ
linked to:
Tate Modern
Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Elefant
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Hahn/Cock ⓘ Mönch ⓘ Rattenkönig ⓘ Tischgesellschaft ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Essen ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| theme |
collective imagination
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mass culture ⓘ memory ⓘ myth ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| usesMaterial |
fiberglass
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paint ⓘ plaster ⓘ polyester ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Düsseldorf
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Germany ⓘ |
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Subject: Katharina Fritsch Description of subject: Katharina Fritsch is a German contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, vividly colored sculptures that transform everyday objects and animals into uncanny, iconic forms.
Referenced by (8)
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Hahn/Cock by Katharina Fritsch
subject linked to:
Hahn/Cock by Katharina Fritsch
subject linked to:
Hahn/Cock by Katharina Fritsch