“Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons
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“Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons is a monumental, flower-covered sculpture that fuses two rocking-horse forms into a single, towering, cartoon-like head, exemplifying Koons’s blend of pop culture, scale, and horticultural spectacle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons Context triple: [Glenstone Museum, notableWorkInCollection, “Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons]
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A.
The Floating Heads installation
The Floating Heads installation is a striking contemporary art piece featuring numerous suspended, expressive human heads that has become one of the most recognizable attractions at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
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B.
Puppy by Jeff Koons
"Puppy" by Jeff Koons is a monumental topiary sculpture of a West Highland terrier covered in flowering plants, celebrated as an iconic example of contemporary public art.
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C.
Brillo Boxes
Brillo Boxes is a series of sculptural works by Andy Warhol that replicate commercial Brillo soap pad packaging, exemplifying his exploration of consumer culture and mass production in Pop Art.
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D.
The New York Earth Room
The New York Earth Room is a long-term installation by artist Walter De Maria consisting of a large SoHo loft filled with packed earth, maintained as a contemplative indoor landscape.
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E.
Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room is an immersive, mirrored installation filled with repeating lights and reflections that create the sensation of endless space.
- 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: “Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons Target entity description: “Split-Rocker” by Jeff Koons is a monumental, flower-covered sculpture that fuses two rocking-horse forms into a single, towering, cartoon-like head, exemplifying Koons’s blend of pop culture, scale, and horticultural spectacle.
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A.
The Floating Heads installation
The Floating Heads installation is a striking contemporary art piece featuring numerous suspended, expressive human heads that has become one of the most recognizable attractions at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
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B.
Puppy by Jeff Koons
"Puppy" by Jeff Koons is a monumental topiary sculpture of a West Highland terrier covered in flowering plants, celebrated as an iconic example of contemporary public art.
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C.
Brillo Boxes
Brillo Boxes is a series of sculptural works by Andy Warhol that replicate commercial Brillo soap pad packaging, exemplifying his exploration of consumer culture and mass production in Pop Art.
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D.
The New York Earth Room
The New York Earth Room is a long-term installation by artist Walter De Maria consisting of a large SoHo loft filled with packed earth, maintained as a contemplative indoor landscape.
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E.
Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room is an immersive, mirrored installation filled with repeating lights and reflections that create the sensation of endless space.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm | installation art ⓘ |
| artist | Jeff Koons ⓘ |
| color | multicolored ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Jeff Koons ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
cartoon-like animal head
ⓘ
rocking horse ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Basel region
ⓘ
Bilbao ⓘ Château de Versailles gardens ⓘ
linked to:
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles
Fondation Beyeler ⓘ
linked to:
Beyeler Foundation Museum
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ⓘ New York City ⓘ Palace of Versailles ⓘ
linked to:
Château de Versailles
Riehen ⓘ Rockefeller Center ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
large-scale outdoor version
ⓘ
smaller maquette versions ⓘ |
| hasPart |
flower planting pockets
ⓘ
internal steel armature ⓘ rocking horse head form ⓘ second rocking horse head form ⓘ watering system ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 12 meters
ⓘ
approximately 40 feet ⓘ |
| inception |
1999
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| lighting | often illuminated at night during exhibitions ⓘ |
| mainSubject | hybrid rocking horse head ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
irrigation system
ⓘ
live flowers ⓘ soil ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| movement |
Neo-Pop
ⓘ
linked to:
Neo-pop
Pop art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of pop culture and horticulture
ⓘ
flower-covered surface ⓘ fusion of two different rocking-horse forms ⓘ monumental scale ⓘ spectacular public presence ⓘ |
| owner | Jeff Koons studio ⓘ |
| style |
Pop
ⓘ
cartoon-like ⓘ monumental ⓘ |
| surface | densely planted with flowers ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
ⓘ
consumer culture ⓘ hybridity ⓘ nature and artifice ⓘ play ⓘ spectacle ⓘ |
| uses |
horticultural display
ⓘ
large-scale floral surface ⓘ topiary-like planting ⓘ |
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