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Conceptual Animal Paintings

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
Little Companion
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman He stands there, blocking all who dare challenge him in their pursuit to get by. This heroic cock, Charlie, the great intimi...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape in Blue - Animal Painting - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
In an abstract forest meadow exotic animals contentedly graze. The trees are lush with inventive surreal flowers and leaves. Landscape in Blue - Animal Paintings - Conceptual Art By...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Monkeying Around - Animal Painting by Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Monkeys at play in a coral backdrop and colorful foliage. Good for reminding us of our playful nature. Monkeying Around - Animal Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman This m...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Monkey Time #2 - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Playfl monkeys climb exotic colored plants clowning as only monkeys do. in this hot pink painting. Monkey Time #2 - Animal Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerma...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bimbo
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Bimbo" by Aba Linus is an exquisite portrayal of timeless elegance and grace. The centerpiece of this enchanting artwork is a young woman, adorned with a stylish hat perched atop he...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Her
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Her" by Aba Linus is a striking testament to the power of visual storytelling and the celebration of feminine strength and elegance. In this captivating artwork, a young woman is po...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Face to Face
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Face to Face" by Aba Linus is a thought-provoking and enigmatic artwork that presents a powerful visual representation of human connection and communication. In this piece, two youn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Beyond Shadows
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Beyond Shadows," an evocative artwork by Aba Linus, captures a profound and tender moment of connection between two women. In this piece, the two figures are depicted resting on eac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gray Magen David
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Unique work by famous Israeli artist, Menashe Kadishman. Made witht he artist's signature style.
Category

1980s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

Contemporary Bird Painting, "Passenger Pigeons Terrarium, Blue"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind conceptual animal painting. Its dimensions are 34.25x26.5x1. It comes in a white frame. A signed certificate of authenticity from the artist is provided after delivery. This painting depicts passenger pigeons...
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Spray Paint

Looming Loss
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual and powerful commentary on the oil industry harming our waters and creatures of the sea. Featuring a whale and a bird and can of oil. Acrylic on canvas. About the artis...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Patriot
Located in New York, NY
Horse portrait. Americana colors. Acrylics, mixed media on canvas, 60" x 48"x 2". Gallery wrapped, wired and ready to hang. In “The Patriot”, the harnessed strength of the wor...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CAROUSEL IN PINK
Located in New York, NY
CAROUSEL IN PINK Large scale dynamic. A four-panel piece, artist's modern take on the traditional carousel. Imaginary horses, colorful and full of flamboyant gestures. Each panel...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

URBAN MUSTANG
Located in New York, NY
The American mustang. Revered for his freedom, yet never truly free. Cast in a red glow of pain, his spirit is never taken, as his numbers are cut down. Created in acrylics, life-...
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Bill
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has b...
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Chalk, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Canine Fantasy
Located in New York, NY
Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Inside a dog's dream. About the Artist: Benjamin received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the American University in Washington D.C. and her Master’s Degree in Art Education from New York University. In addition she received an Associate’s Degree in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and studied at The Art Student’s League, The Parson’s School of Design and The New School. Benjamin taught art for 34 years. While on sabbatical from teaching she studied textile design. For the next 15 years she continued to teach, as well as freelance as a textile designer in both home furnishings and the apparel markets. In the mid 90’s her focus turned towards computer graphics, and as an art educator, she incorporated this into her curriculum. She was awarded for a “successful practice in crossing the digital divide through art and technology” by the United States Department of Education. Her early works were oils and acrylics. During the late 60’s her interest was in pure abstraction. Pop Art and the human figure began to interest her in the early 70’s. Gradually, Benjamin was drawn to experimenting with mixed media. In the 80’s there was the influence of a career in textile design that moved her towards a more decorative style. In the 90’s, she became involved in the teaching of computer graphics. This was to have a profound influence in aiding and developing a more recent “POP” style. She began to incorporate into her paintings, torn pieces of digital printouts of her subjects. “The part of me that is the “digital artist” became very inspired by the use of the computer as a tool with which I could manipulate my subject and its color energy. The “fine artist” in me was then able to incorporate these concepts into a new image on my canvas. Having always had an interest in mixed media, my current work is now a combination of both POP and Collage. Since 2008 I have been creating a body of work dubbed “Candy Wrapper Collage”. A juried show’s theme, “gluttony”, challenged me to ultimately explore my POP figures through a new medium….candy wrappers! Razor blades are my new paintbrushes and candy wrappers are my new paints. Utilizing torn, cut and expired candy wrappers and their packaging, I render my subjects in diverse and colorful forms. I create representational images of celebrities and pop-culture objects...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Perro
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
An innate and atypical landscape artist, Eric Pérez is an intellectual who paints. He knows and loves Mexican and world history, from which he derives his contemporary context. His p...
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Untitled (BEEF)
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mistreated and abandoned spray-painted butcher paper (saturated), archival mounts, appropriated internet imagery heat transferred with Ink Jet T-shirt Tr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Luna 1
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
An innate and atypical landscape artist, Eric Pérez is an intellectual who paints. He knows and loves Mexican and world history, from which he derives his contemporary context. His p...
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Xólotl en la caverna
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
An innate and atypical landscape artist, Eric Pérez is an intellectual who paints. He knows and loves Mexican and world history, from which he derives his contemporary context. His p...
Category

2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Into the whale
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#fantastic #zoology #texture #eye #paper, #color, #hole and #eye, into the #whale, from film Into The Woods, miguel villafuerte (Quito 1991) graphic designer and visual artist, lit...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

La música de los canes II
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#fantastic #zoology #texture #piano #keya #sound #music #color #dog #animal miguel villafuerte (Quito 1991) graphic designer and visual artist, litirature, editorial. the work as...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

La música de los canes I
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#fantastic #zoology #texture #piano #keya #sound #music #color #dog #animal miguel villafuerte (Quito 1991) graphic designer and visual artist, litirature, editorial. the work as...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

"Plovers" Conceptual painting of birds and moon rocket engine
Located in New York, NY
In this conceptual painting, New York artist, Thomas Broadbent presents five portraits of Plovers in 2 rows with a finely detailed rendering of a moon rocket engine...
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2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Dinosaur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dinosaur, 2011 53 x 43 inches Acrylic, oil, latex and image transfer on board $3300 2015 A painter, sculptor, and installation artist, Niki Singleton draws on both popular cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Latex, Oil

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