In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.
LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.
Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.
Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.
The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2825
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper & mounted in fabric scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2826
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper, with retouching in acrylic and silver gindei, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American ar...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2247
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digtial photgraph on Kakejikuya kozo washi with origami backing paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 199...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2824
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 3048
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 3044
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper, with retouching in acrylic and silver ginder & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American ar...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 3042
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 3041
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 3040
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since ...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Mujo 3043
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper, with retouching in acrylic and silver ginder & mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American ar...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2822
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya 100% kozo paper mulberry washi, with overpainting in acrylic and mineral pigments, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2823
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper, with retouching in acrylic and silver gindei, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American art...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2825
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper, mounted in fabric scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. K...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2826
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper, with retouching in acrylic and silver gindei, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American art...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2824
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2821
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya 100% kozo paper mulberry washi with silver origami backing paper, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2820
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya 100% kozo paper mulberry washi layered over inkjet print of digital photograph on Awagami kozo usukuchi washi, mounted in Japanese si...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2720
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper, mounted in Japanese silk scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2709
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya 100% kozo paper mulberry washi, mounted in fabric scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo,...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Kojun - HKVM72020
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Matte finish silver leaf over ABS thermoplastic viewer / Washi diffuser with silver gindei wash Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan ...
Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Kojun - HKVM82020
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Gloss finish silver leaf over ABS thermoplastic viewer / Diffraction film diffuser Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. ...
Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Kojun - VHK3M2019
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Gloss finish gold leaf over ABS thermoplastic viewer / Washi diffuser with gold-tone wash and gold kindei wash Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based ...
Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Kojun - KMH5V2019
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Tataki-nuri textured finish urushi lacquer over ABS thermoplastic viewer / Rough-textured black film diffuser Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based i...
Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Sculpture by Kojun - VM9HK2020
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Mirror finish gold leaf over ABS thermoplastic viewer / Diffraction film diffuser Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. K...
Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2513
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on aluminum leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Mujo 2518
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Mujo 2459
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 24491
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 22471
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 22481
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Mujo 2444
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 4491
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2461
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2463
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2455
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2457
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print on Kakejikuya kozo washi layered over inkjet print on Awagami kozo usukuchi washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan ...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2462
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2453
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on brass leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2452
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2352
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2450
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2351
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on aluminum leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2253
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on aluminum leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2254
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on brass leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2255
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2256
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digtial photgraph on Kakejikuya kozo washi with origami backing paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 199...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2350
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2257
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started i...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2349
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2252
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on hemp washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010 expl...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2251
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on hemp washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010 expl...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2246
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digtial photgraph on Kakejikuya kozo washi with origami backing paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 199...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japan Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 1942
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on brass leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010...
Paper, Mixed Media
Japan Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 1943
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on hemp washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010 expl...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 1945
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya kozo washi with origami backing paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 19...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 1947
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on silver leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japan Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 1941
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digital photograph on hemp washi Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 2010 expl...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - VHM4K2019
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Gloss finish urushi lacquer over ABS thermoplastic viewer / Black film diffuser Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Koj...
Plastic, Lacquer
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 1940
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on pewter leaf on paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun project started in 201...
Paper, Photographic Paper
Fiber painting: 'Arras no. 4: Life'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
Hand-dyed ghost gear netting*, muslin, adhesive, foam, paint, pins, reclaimed copper flashing Recovered Ghost Gear Data: Retrieval Coordinates: 42° 10ʹN 69°52ʹW Retrieval Vessel: F/...
Textile