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CONCEPTUAL STYLE

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.

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Style: Conceptual
Artist Designed Signed Judaica Israeli Menorah Candelabra Sculpture Silver Plate
Artist Designed Signed Judaica Israeli Menorah Candelabra Sculpture Silver Plate

Artist Designed Signed Judaica Israeli Menorah Candelabra Sculpture Silver Plate

Located in Surfside, FL

N. Levi (signed in Hebrew and English) Menorah Done in a brutalist design with the Hebrew words "Seek the peace of jerusalem" Dimensions: 8 X 9 X 2.5 inches This appears to be silver plated as I do not see a silver standard mark or hallmark. There has been a resurgence of fine artists making Judaica, There was initial generation of the Bezalel School in Jerusalem and later Ludwig Wolpert at the Jewish Museum in New York City, whose spare, geometric, functionalist style was influenced by the Bauhaus school in particular and modernism in general, Moshe Zabari, Maxwell Chayat, in New York, Menachem Berman...

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Early 2000s Conceptual More Art

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Metal, Silver

El sentido que nunca duerme
El sentido que nunca duerme

El sentido que nunca duerme

By Juana Martínez

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar #wood JUANA MARTÍNEZ...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Precious Stone, Magazine Paper, Wood

Mare Veen - "No Title II" - fine art print - ready to hang
Mare Veen - "No Title II" - fine art print - ready to hang

Mare Veen - "No Title II" - fine art print - ready to hang

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Mare Veen - "No Title II". Of the series 'Free Fall'. Result of a personal journey, looking for answers to the question 'What is Being?'. This process was inspired by philosophers s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

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Rag Paper, Digital

Barbie in a Box - 3D Ltd Ed 5/10

Barbie in a Box - 3D Ltd Ed 5/10

By Reisig and Taylor

Located in New York, NY

An homage to the famed Barbie Doll. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig a...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Lenticular

Fins Ap
Fins Ap

Fins Ap

By Ap Verheggen

Located in Brecon, Powys

Title: Fins Ap Type: Laughing Wall Shark ​ Another wall creation from this much acclaimed Dutch artist. Epoxy, painted White Length 59", Height 1...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

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Acrylic Polymer

LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon [Signed]
LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon [Signed]

LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon [Signed]

By Lothar Baumgarten

Located in New York, NY

Kouri, Pentti LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon. 142 pages. Oblong folio, cloth. Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1991. Signed by Baumgarten. Issued with additional booklet la...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual More Art

Jenny Holzer Barbara Gladstone gallery 1986 (announcement)
Jenny Holzer Barbara Gladstone gallery 1986 (announcement)

Jenny Holzer Barbara Gladstone gallery 1986 (announcement)

By Jenny Holzer

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jenny Holzer, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, 1986: Rare vintage original 1980s announcement card published on the occasion of Jenny Holzer's exhibition, "Under a Rock," at Bar...

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1980s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Offset

Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE IX, 2022

Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE IX, 2022

By Cecilia Arrospide

Located in Stamford, CT

Paper Collage My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do no find in other media. When working ...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Paper

John Morton, Fever Songs, 2018, site specific sound installation
John Morton, Fever Songs, 2018, site specific sound installation

John Morton, Fever Songs, 2018, site specific sound installation

By John Morton

Located in Darien, CT

Fever Songs is an interactive public sound installation project that brings together the vocal traditions of many religions, creating an active sonic experience that explores spiritu...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

Ina Abuschenko-Matwejewa - "Berlin Buttons" - limited edition fine art prints
Ina Abuschenko-Matwejewa - "Berlin Buttons" - limited edition fine art prints

Ina Abuschenko-Matwejewa - "Berlin Buttons" - limited edition fine art prints

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Ina Abuschenko-Matwejewa - "Berlin Buttons". Berlin Buttons series, 6 pieces, price per artwork: Based on the video of the same name produced by Ina Abuschenko-Matwejewa. The occasi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

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Paper

Mare Veen - "Tell me who you are, and I will be You" - art print - ready to hang
Mare Veen - "Tell me who you are, and I will be You" - art print - ready to hang

Mare Veen - "Tell me who you are, and I will be You" - art print - ready to hang

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Mare Veen - "Tell me who you are, and I will be You". Of the series 'Free Fall'. Result of a personal journey, looking for answers to the question 'What is Being?'. This process was...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital

The Terminator By Artist Tyler Stout Arnold Schwarzenegger James Cameron Print
The Terminator By Artist Tyler Stout Arnold Schwarzenegger James Cameron Print

The Terminator By Artist Tyler Stout Arnold Schwarzenegger James Cameron Print

By Tyler Stout

Located in Draper, UT

The Terminator by Tytler Stout Silkscreed Print Arnold Schwarzenegger “I’ve found it works best to do stuff for movies you’re a fan of, movies that have stood the test of time, that are considered classics, stuff that inspires you,” Stout told io9 over email. “My movie fandom starts mainly in the 1980s since that was my childhood. Terminator is 1984, so it’s towards the beginning of that era, early Arnie, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, James Cameron. Just seemed a more logical choice than, say, Terms of Endearment. Which will be [my] next poster. Part of our Debra Winger...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Screen

Metal Landscape Composition "Airport Road, Cape Town"
Metal Landscape Composition "Airport Road, Cape Town"

Metal Landscape Composition "Airport Road, Cape Town"

By Mark Hilltout

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Iron, Metal

El ser DO- RE- MI– DO
El ser DO- RE- MI– DO

El ser DO- RE- MI– DO

By Juana Martínez

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar #wood JUANA MARTÍNEZ...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Precious Stone, Wood, Magazine Paper, Clay

Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)
Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)

Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)

By Jenny Holzer

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jenny Holzer, Ten for Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter, 10th-anniversary reading, New York, 1986, Announcement Card Rare, Jenny Holzer 1980s announcement card published on the occasion of Ten for Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter - the 10th-anniversary reading. The event was held at The Great Hall of Cooper Union on November 19, 1986. It featured John Giorno, Eric Bogosian, Constance DeJong, Richard Prince, Cookie Mueller, Roz Chast, Richard Nonas...

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1980s Conceptual More Art

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Offset

Mia San Mia (Signed by Hans Haacke at Paula Cooper Gallery), Hardback Monograph
Mia San Mia (Signed by Hans Haacke at Paula Cooper Gallery), Hardback Monograph

Mia San Mia (Signed by Hans Haacke at Paula Cooper Gallery), Hardback Monograph

Located in New York, NY

Hans Haacke Mia San Mia (Hand signed by Hans Haacke), 2001 Hardback monograph (hand signed by Hans Haacke) Signed by Hans Haacke in black marker on the title page 10 × 8 × 1 inches Provenance Hand signed by Hans Haacke for the present owner at a special event held at 192 Books in Manhattan (owned by Paula Cooper) This exquisite European hardcover monograph with dust jacket was hand signed by Hans Haacke in black marker on the title page for the present owner at a special event held at 192 Books in Manhattan (owned by Paula Cooper). Highly collectible. Makes an excellent gift. Published by the Generali Foundation, Austria on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition. About the exhibition: Hans Haacke (born in 1936 in Cologne, GER, has lived in New York, USA, since 1965) focused on "a single problem area: how the country deals with its history and national identity. More than I care for, these questions stir up emotions both in Austria and Germany." Haacke had been originally concerned with physical and biological systems. Very early on, his artistic practice also included the analysis of and reflection on socio-political phenomena. Haacke's work deals with social and political themes. He considers the debates arising from his works - fierce at times - to be an integral part of them. "Mia san mia" (We Are Who We Are...

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Early 2000s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE VI, 2022

Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE VI, 2022

By Cecilia Arrospide

Located in Stamford, CT

Paper Collage My work is mainly abstract, I would say abstract expressionism. I love painting with oils, they give me many possibilities I do no find in other media. When working w...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Paper

Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video
Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video

Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video

By Fritz Horstman

Located in Darien, CT

While working on a large building project several years ago the artist, Fritz Horstman was struck by the poetry in the unfinished state of the construction site. He was drawn specifically to the space between the plywood walls that were raised as formworks for the pouring of cement. That space could only exist for a few hours before the cement truck...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Video

End of the USA
End of the USA

End of the USA

By Jenny Holzer

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Jenny Holzer is one of the most important and original artists of the 20th century. Her body of work, with an emphasis on text, is consistently provocative and occasionally frightening, manipulating the language of both pop culture and government slogan to produce commentary on global issues notably power structures and warfare. Holzer's iconic "Inflammatory Essays", produced between 1979 and 1982, were first pasted on walls throughout heavily populated metro areas including New York and other cities. Composed of anonymous statements, printed on friendly or calm colored papers, the statements were influenced by writings of major political figures such as Emma Goldman...

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1980s Conceptual More Art

Materials

Offset

There has been a failure on teh Interwebz
There has been a failure on teh Interwebz

There has been a failure on teh Interwebz

By Patrick Lichty

Located in New York, NY

There has been a failure on the Interwebz Patrick is a conceptual artist, curator, and theorist exploring how media shape our perception of reality as well as the borders between ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

Materials

Tapestry

Mare Veen - "No Title I" - fine art print - ready to hang
Mare Veen - "No Title I" - fine art print - ready to hang

Mare Veen - "No Title I" - fine art print - ready to hang

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Mare Veen - "No Title I". Of the series 'Free Fall'. Result of a personal journey, looking for answers to the question 'What is Being?'. This process was inspired by philosophers su...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital

Mare Veen - "Me and Snow" - fine art print - ready to hang
Mare Veen - "Me and Snow" - fine art print - ready to hang

Mare Veen - "Me and Snow" - fine art print - ready to hang

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Mare Veen - "Me and Snow". Of the series 'Free Fall'. Result of a personal journey, looking for answers to the question 'What is Being?'. This process was inspired by philosophers s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Digital

Introspección
Introspección

Introspección

By Juana Martínez

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

JUANA MARTÍNEZ (Tlalpujajua, Michoacán, 1953) Lives and works in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán. Juana lives in an isolated cabin in the middle of nowhere, ...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Magazine Paper

¿A qué te invita la estela?
¿A qué te invita la estela?

¿A qué te invita la estela?

By Juana Martínez

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone JUANA MARTÍNEZ (Tlalpujajua, Michoacán, 1953) Lives and works...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Stone

Cuando el hombre se convierte en roca
Cuando el hombre se convierte en roca

Cuando el hombre se convierte en roca

By Juana Martínez

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar JUANA MARTÍNEZ (Tlalpujajua, Michoa...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Stone

Analogía de la luna
Analogía de la luna

Analogía de la luna

By Juana Martínez

Located in Mexico City, CDMX

#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #clay #sun #energy #moon #female JUANA MARTÍNEZ (Tlalpujajua, Michoac...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Clay, Magazine Paper

The Gift

The Gift

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. Female form in water. See reflection. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border. About the Artist: Chad is more than just a freelance artist, he is the Head of ...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

Mylar Balloon
Mylar Balloon

Mylar Balloon

By General Idea

Located in Toronto, Ontario

General Idea was founded in 1967 in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over the course of 25 years, they made a significant contr...

Category

1990s Conceptual More Art

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Plastic, Mylar

Rose Gold Release (other sizes available upon request)

Rose Gold Release (other sizes available upon request)

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. Female theme. Blue hue. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border. About the Artist: Chad is more than just a freelance artist, he is the Head of 3D Design at Nike and not so long ago retired from an exciting career as a professional skateboarder that ran from 1998-2011. Nowadays, when he isn’t working for Nike, his unique artwork is enjoyed by people around the world. Chad Knight...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

Prince - 3D

Prince - 3D

By Reisig and Taylor

Located in New York, NY

Homage to the fabulous Prince. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig and Tay...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Lenticular

Greater Good

Greater Good

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. Female form in landscape. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border. About the Artist: Chad is more than just a freelance artist, he is the Head of 3D Design at Nike and not so long ago retired from an exciting career as a professional skateboarder that ran from 1998-2011. Nowadays, when he isn’t working for Nike, his unique artwork is enjoyed by people around the world. Chad Knight...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

West Release

West Release

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. Female Form in water. See reflection. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border. About the Artist: Chad is more than just a freelance ar...

Category

2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

History Lesson : mixed media collage
History Lesson : mixed media collage

History Lesson : mixed media collage

Located in New York, NY

Contemporary work of art by Christine Graf. A collage work of art created using rust, canvas and book. Graf skillfully employs unconventional materials...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Paper

Stahl - 3D

Stahl - 3D

By Reisig and Taylor

Located in New York, NY

Depiction of a kind of life. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig and Tayl...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Lenticular

Frida - 3D

Frida - 3D

By Reisig and Taylor

Located in New York, NY

An homage to the great Frida Kahlo. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig and...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Lenticular

Small PIece

Small PIece

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. 2 masks at dusk. Produced on metal. Floats in white frame. About the Artist: Chad Knight’s vibrant digital art moves between the medita...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

You've Been Gone Too Long

You've Been Gone Too Long

By Cabell Molina

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media. Female centric. Gathering. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved herself ex...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Mixed Media

Scorpio

Scorpio

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. Scorpio theme. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border. About the Artist: Chad is more than just a freelance artist, he is the Head of 3D Design at Nike and not so long ago retired from an exciting career as a professional skateboarder that ran from 1998-2011. Nowadays, when he isn’t working for Nike, his unique artwork is enjoyed by people around the world. Chad Knight...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Metal

Oh James - 3D

Oh James - 3D

By Reisig and Taylor

Located in New York, NY

Depiction of a kind of life. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig and Tayl...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Lenticular

Saving the Books : mixed media collage
Saving the Books : mixed media collage

Saving the Books : mixed media collage

Located in New York, NY

Contemporary work of art by Christine Graf. A collage work of art created using wood, vintage book and canvas. Graf skillfully employs unconventional m...

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2010s Conceptual More Art

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Wood, Paper

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