Conceptual More Art
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
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
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
Offset
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
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Offset
Verve 29/30, Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso. Nov. 28, 1953-Feb 3, 1954
Located in New York, NY
Verve 29/30
Author: Picasso, Michael Leris
Year: 1956
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, New York
Title: Verve 29/30. Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso...
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20th Century Conceptual More Art
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Paper
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
Homage to Hannelore Baron : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary work of art by Christine Graf.
A collage work of art created using rust, string and vintage book. Graf skillfully employs unconventional m...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Thread, Paper
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
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Wood, Paper
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
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Paper
RESIST XL T-Shirt (Hand signed and dated by Marilyn Minter, anti Trump protest)
Located in New York, NY
Marilyn Minter
RESIST T-Shirt (Hand signed and dated by Marilyn Minter), 2018
Silkscreened Cotton T-Shirt (XL), hand signed in indelible marker
Boldly signed and dated 2018 in indeli...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Cotton, Screen, Permanent Marker
Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE IX, 2022
Located in Greenwich, 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
Materials
Paper
Avant Garde Rhinoceros Sculpture, "Rhino Reliquary"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original artwork by local San Diego artist, Ron Carlson. This sculpture has a rhino at the top and depicts rhino skulls within the container. This reliquary s...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Ceramic
Mia San Mia (Hand signed by Hans Haacke)
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
Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video
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
Materials
Video
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
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Book: Selected Works 1967-90 And the Mind Grew Fingers (PLUS handwritten letter)
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Oppenheim
Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90 : And the Mind Grew Fingers (with handwritten signed letter laid in separately), 1992
Softback book with separate hand signe...
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1990s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
David Borawski, The First Act of Violence, 2019, Gaffers tape, dimensions vary
Located in Darien, CT
David Borawski lives and works in Hartford, Connecticut, and received his BFA from the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford.
A multi-media installation artist, his work...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Tape
The Time of Our Time Has Come and Gone, 2018, Gaffer tape on floor
Located in Darien, CT
David Borawski lives and works in Hartford, Connecticut, and received his BFA from the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford.
A multi-media installation artist, his work...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Tape
Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE VI, 2022
Located in Greenwich, 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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
Barbie in a Box - 3D Ltd Ed 5/10
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
Materials
Lenticular
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
Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown, Black, Red by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Aditya Basak
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Aditya Basak - Untitled - 24 x 20 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas, 2017
** This work will be shipped in a roll form.
"Through the medium of the fantasy, Basak probes the ...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital
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
![LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon [Signed]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/a_4383/1484672306782/144809_2_master.jpg?width=240 "lothar baumgarten carbon")
Metal Landscape Composition "Airport Road, Cape Town"
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
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
Miller High Life, Trompe L'Oeil Hyperrealism Decay Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Pfannerstill was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1951. He earned is bachelor’s degree in 1975 from Western Kentucky University. Pfannerstill has been a full-time studio artist s...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual More Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
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
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
Metal
Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE III, 2022
Located in Greenwich, 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 ...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Paper
Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE X, 2022
Located in Greenwich, 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 ...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Paper
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
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
There has been a failure on teh Interwebz
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
Abandoned Potential - (Pigment rendering of artist's digital rendering)
Located in New York, NY
Digital Art created by the artist - (pigment rendering of Chad's digital rendering) Love theme. Blue hue. 2 masks kissing. 2 elephants in the backgroun...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
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
Materials
Plastic, Mylar
Sing Me A Song
Located in New York, NY
Image of woman empowered. Bright colors.
About the Artist:
Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved herself exce...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Ash Reliquary
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
3 Metal Tool Boxes, Lead and Relevant Debris
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
SEARCHING FOR A PORTAL - Twilight Living Chromogenic Print, Black, White
By Sarah Hobbs
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This C-Print by Sarah Hobbs is part of a series included in her show "Twilight Living," at Channel to Channel. In this photograph, an electric box with several protruding wires is ce...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
C Print
Analogía de la luna
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #clay #sun #energy #moon #female
JUANA MARTÍNEZ
(Tlalpujajua, Michoac...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Clay, Magazine Paper
Renew
Located in New York, NY
Digital Art. Form scooping water. See reflection. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border.
About the Artist:
Chad is more than just a freelance ...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
Sculpture, Cinder Blocks For my Father
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Ash and lead blocks.
Piece made of 3 blocks
Exhibited at the International Art Fair, Zona Maco 2019 in Mexico City.
Exhibited at Mana Contemporary at Jersey City, New Jersey in 201...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
Introspección
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
Materials
Magazine Paper
Cuando el hombre se convierte en roca
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
El sentido que nunca duerme
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, Magazine Paper, Wood
El proceso del sol
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #clay #sun #energy
JUANA MARTÍNEZ
(Tlalp...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
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Magazine Paper, Clay
Las tres acuáticas llevando la información
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #water
JUANA MARTÍNEZ
(Tlalpujajua, Mi...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
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Magazine Paper, Wood
El poder de la ofrenda
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, ...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Magazine Paper
"The Thoughts in My Head #41 Standing Next to You" conceptual text painting
By Lisa Levy
Located in New York, NY
This Conceptual Text based painting features the words "When you look here imagine me standing next to you" in white over a royal blue background ...
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2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
Wonder Woman - Original Lego Creation
Located in New York, NY
Homage to Wonder Woman. Made completely of legos.
About the Artist:
Joseph Kraham is an "engineering artist". He combines thousands of Lego pieces...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Mixed Media
He Was My #1 Favorite, I Wish I Could Remember His Face
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Female centric.
About the Artist:
Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved herself exceptional is ...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Borderless
Located in New York, NY
Digital Art. Female Forms. Love theme. Pink 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 ...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Metal
Prince - 3D
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Lenticular
Frida - 3D
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual More Art
Materials
Lenticular
Conceptual more art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual more art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add more art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Juana Martínez, Cecilia Arrospide, Reisig and Taylor, and Yayoi Kusama. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Metal and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Conceptual more art, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for more art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $61,335, while the average work sells for $3,000.