Janine Antoni
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Janine Antoni is a contemporary performance and installation artist known for using her own body as a tool to create works that explore identity, feminism, and the processes of making.
All labels observed (1)
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| Janine Antoni canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5982848 — 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: Janine Antoni Context triple: [Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, hasAlumni, Janine Antoni]
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A.
Lisa Yuskavage
Lisa Yuskavage is an American painter known for her provocative, psychologically charged figurative works that blend classical techniques with contemporary, often eroticized imagery.
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B.
Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle was a French-American artist known for her vibrant, monumental sculptures and feminist, avant-garde works that challenged social norms and helped define the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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C.
Sherrie Levine
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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D.
Joan Jonas
Joan Jonas is an influential American visual artist and pioneer of performance and video art whose experimental, multimedia works have significantly shaped contemporary art since the late 1960s.
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E.
Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss visual artist renowned for her immersive, experimental video installations that explore the body, gender, and perception through vivid color and sound.
- 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: Janine Antoni Target entity description: Janine Antoni is a contemporary performance and installation artist known for using her own body as a tool to create works that explore identity, feminism, and the processes of making.
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A.
Lisa Yuskavage
Lisa Yuskavage is an American painter known for her provocative, psychologically charged figurative works that blend classical techniques with contemporary, often eroticized imagery.
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B.
Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle was a French-American artist known for her vibrant, monumental sculptures and feminist, avant-garde works that challenged social norms and helped define the Nouveau Réalisme movement.
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C.
Sherrie Levine
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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D.
Joan Jonas
Joan Jonas is an influential American visual artist and pioneer of performance and video art whose experimental, multimedia works have significantly shaped contemporary art since the late 1960s.
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E.
Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist is a Swiss visual artist renowned for her immersive, experimental video installations that explore the body, gender, and perception through vivid color and sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
domestic labor
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feminism ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ process of making ⓘ the body ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Guggenheim Fellowship
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MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1964-01-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Freeport, Bahamas ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| createdWorkWithMedium |
Gnaw made from chocolate and lard bitten by the artist
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Lick and Lather self-portrait busts in chocolate and soap altered by licking and bathing ⓘ Loving Care created by mopping the gallery floor with her hair soaked in hair dye ⓘ Moor made from knotted materials given by friends and strangers ⓘ Slumber involving weaving a blanket from threads unraveled from her nightgown ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College
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Master of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Rhode Island School of Design
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Sarah Lawrence College ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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performance art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| galleryRepresentation | Luhring Augustine Gallery ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Documenta
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linked to:
Documenta (Kassel)
Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
linked to:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ Venice Biennale ⓘ Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
exploring feminist issues through everyday materials
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process-oriented sculpture and performance ⓘ using her body as a tool in art-making ⓘ |
| movement |
body art
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contemporary art ⓘ feminist art ⓘ |
| name | Janine Antoni ⓘ |
| nationality | Bahamian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gnaw
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If I Die Before I Wake ⓘ Lick and Lather ⓘ Loving Care ⓘ Moor ⓘ Mortar and Pestle ⓘ Slumber ⓘ Touch ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| usesBodyAsTool | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Janine Antoni Description of subject: Janine Antoni is a contemporary performance and installation artist known for using her own body as a tool to create works that explore identity, feminism, and the processes of making.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.