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What is conceptual art in contemporary art?
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In contemporary art, conceptual art is a movement that began in the 1960s. Artists producing conceptual art assign more importance to the idea behind the art than to the piece itself. An example is Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs, a piece consisting of a real chair, a photograph of a chair and the dictionary definition of the word chair. When the work was displayed, Kosuth included instructions for any chair to be photographed and then displayed beside its image. In this way, the chair itself is not the artwork. Rather, the art comes from examining the way the object, image and words provide competing and complementary definitions of what a chair is. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
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Les saisons de Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies - La Tilleuse
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Les saisons de Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies - La Tilleuse
Original lithograph in colours on Arches paper
20 ½ x 27 ¾ in
Signed in pencil “Riopelle” lo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wild Flower no. 4
Located in Dallas, TX
M aka Michael Chow was born in 1939 into a family of theater in Shanghai, China. His father, Zhou Xinfang, the grandmaster of Beijing Opera, is regarded as a national treasure to thi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Monumental Lying Figure by Pierre Yermia - Large bronze sculpture, nude torso
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental Lying Figure is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 110 × 310 × 60 cm (43.3 × 122 × 23.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shepherds Cattle in Capriccio Landscape 17th century Old Master Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
Attributed to Dutch artist, youngest Jan Van der Meer (1656-1705) or his circle. Pastoral scene with little livestock and figures of reclining shepherds by town walls, castle or cath...
Category
17th Century Dutch School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Swan-Like Embrace (Paris) by Nan Goldin
By Nan Goldin
Located in London, GB
By Nan Goldin,
Swan-Like Embrace, Paris
C-Print on paper
8 x 5 1/8 inches
Signed
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
Untitled, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Rives BFK paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Gemini G.E.L. LLC, published by Th...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph