General Idea

Canadian art collective
Organization artist_collective Q283498
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General Idea

Summary

General Idea is an artist collective[1]. It was born on 1969[2]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (artist_collective category, ranking #32 of 171).[3]

Key Facts

  • General Idea was born on 1969[2].
  • General Idea's field of work was new media art[4].
  • General Idea's field of work was video art[5].
  • General Idea's field of work was jewelry[6].
  • General Idea is in the country of Canada[7].
  • General Idea's instance of is recorded as artist collective[8].
  • General Idea is associated with the conceptual art movement[9].
  • General Idea is associated with the new media art movement[10].
  • General Idea's archives at is recorded as Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam[11].
  • General Idea's archives at is recorded as National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives[12].
  • General Idea's archives at is recorded as National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives[13].
  • General Idea comprises AA Bronson[14].
  • General Idea comprises Felix Partz[15].
  • General Idea comprises Jorge Zontal[16].
  • General Idea comprises Barr Gilmore[17].
  • 1969 marks the founding of General Idea[18].
  • 1967 marks the founding of General Idea[19].
  • General Idea was dissolved in 1994[20].
  • General Idea's described by source is recorded as UbuWeb[21].
  • General Idea's described by source is recorded as mediakunst.net[22].
  • General Idea's described by source is recorded as hedendaagsesieraden.nl[23].
  • General Idea's participant in is recorded as documenta 7[24].
  • General Idea's participant in is recorded as documenta 8[25].
  • General Idea's participant in is recorded as Medusa, Bijoux et tabous[26].
  • General Idea's represented by is recorded as Electronic Arts Intermix[27].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: CA[29]

  • Began / founded: 1968[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1994[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 74282779-be01-4476-981e-693417a4a1a9[32]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1969[18] and 1967[19].

Industry

Fields of work include new media art[4], an art movement[33]; video art[5], an art genre[34]; and jewelry[6], an industry[35].

Dissolution

General Idea was dissolved in 1994[20].

Why It Matters

General Idea draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (artist_collective category, ranking #32 of 171).[3] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . stedelijk.nl. Retrieved . stedelijk.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . mediakunst.net. Retrieved . mediakunst.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . stedelijk.nl. stedelijk.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [2] . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . ubu.com. Retrieved . ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . documenta.de. Retrieved . documenta.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . eai.org. Retrieved . eai.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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