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Conceptual Abstract Photography

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
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper — Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP This work is part of the "Humanistic Reciprocity". This se...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography)
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography), 2024

Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper — Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP This work is part of the "Humanistic Reciprocity". This se...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography)
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
Ritual Sacrifice (Abstract Photography), 2024

Cosa Mentale (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Cosa Mentale (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper — Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP This work is part of the "Humanistic Reciprocity". This series...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

Cosa Mentale (Abstract Photography)
Cosa Mentale (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
Cosa Mentale (Abstract Photography), 2024

Jeff Becker, Privey Policy, 2016, Archival Pigment Print
By Jeff Becker
Located in Darien, CT
Using his inkjet printer as a paintbrush, Jeff Becker creates watercolor-like imagery without Photoshop or filters. He refers to this process of dynamic chemical processes as The Slu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jeff Becker, Privey Policy, 2016, Archival Pigment Print

Jeff Becker
Jeff Becker, Privey Policy, 2016, Archival Pigment Print, 2016

Peoples Privacy
By Jeff Becker
Located in Darien, CT
Using his inkjet printer as a paintbrush, Jeff Becker creates watercolor-like imagery without Photoshop or filters. He refers to this process of dynamic chemical processes as The Sl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet

Peoples Privacy

Jeff Becker
Peoples Privacy, 2016

Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper
By Jeff Becker
Located in Darien, CT
Using his inkjet printer as a paintbrush, Jeff Becker creates watercolor-like imagery without Photoshop or filters. He refers to this process of dynamic chemical processes as The Sl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Inkjet

Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper
Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper

Jeff Becker
Jeff Becker, Flag Privacy, 2016, Archival Paper, Inkjet Paper, 2016

Jeff Becker, Slurry Pentagon, 2016, Inkjet Print
By Jeff Becker
Located in Darien, CT
Using his inkjet printer as a paintbrush, Jeff Becker creates watercolor-like imagery without Photoshop or filters. He refers to this process of dynamic chemical processes as The Sl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Inkjet

Jeff Becker, Slurry Pentagon, 2016, Inkjet Print

Jeff Becker
Jeff Becker, Slurry Pentagon, 2016, Inkjet Print, 2016

Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography) Digital C-Type print on Archival Pigment Print. Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP - Edition 1/6 This new series titled Neurosis brings tog...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography)
Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography), 2020

Triumph of Void (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Triumph of Void (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP - Edition 1/6 This new series titled Neurosis brings togeth...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

Triumph of Void (Abstract Photography)
Triumph of Void (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
Triumph of Void (Abstract Photography), 2020

X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Bra...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography), 2017

V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Bra...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography)
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography), 2017

VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract Photography)
VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract Photography), 2017

II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography), 2017

IV: Nice (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
IV: Nice (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

IV: Nice (Abstract Photography)
IV: Nice (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
IV: Nice (Abstract Photography), 2017

V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Painting)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Painting) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Painting)
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Painting)

Gianfranco Pezzot
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Painting), 2017

I. Anthropological Purity (Abstract photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
I. Anthropological Purity (Abstract photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Huma...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

I. Anthropological Purity (Abstract photography)
I. Anthropological Purity (Abstract photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
I. Anthropological Purity (Abstract photography), 2017

VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichot...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography)
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography), 2017

X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Bra...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography), 2017

VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract photography)
VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
VII: Istinto Primordiale (Abstract photography), 2017

III. Deceit of language (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
III. Deceit of language (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

III. Deceit of language (Abstract Photography)
III. Deceit of language (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
III. Deceit of language (Abstract Photography), 2017

IV: Nice (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
IV: Nice (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

IV: Nice (Abstract Photography)
IV: Nice (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
IV: Nice (Abstract Photography), 2017

II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography), 2017

VI: Utter Blindness (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
VI: Utter Blindness (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brai...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

VI: Utter Blindness (Abstract Photography)
VI: Utter Blindness (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
VI: Utter Blindness (Abstract Photography), 2017

V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Bra...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography)
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
V: Dogmatic thinking (Abstract Photography), 2017

VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichot...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography)
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
VIII: The Unselfconsciousness Of Eros (Abstract Photography), 2017

X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Bra...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography)

Gianfranco Pezzot
X: Pleasant Dementia (Abstract Photography), 2017

VII: Istinto Primordiale
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was created by combining fragments o...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

VII: Istinto Primordiale
VII: Istinto Primordiale

Gianfranco Pezzot
VII: Istinto Primordiale, 2017

III. Deceit of language
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was created by combining fragments o...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

III. Deceit of language
III. Deceit of language

Gianfranco Pezzot
III. Deceit of language, 2017

V: Dogmatic thinking
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Digital C-Type print on Archival Pigment Print. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was created by combining fragments of pho...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Pigment

V: Dogmatic thinking
V: Dogmatic thinking

Gianfranco Pezzot
V: Dogmatic thinking, 2017

VI: Utter Blindness
By Gianfranco Pezzot
Located in London, GB
Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was created by combining fragments o...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment, Paper

VI: Utter Blindness
VI: Utter Blindness

Gianfranco Pezzot
VI: Utter Blindness, 2017

How the Rich Make Street Art - Palm Beach 5
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Robert Funk’s photographs of elaborate landscaping redefine what Street Art is. Landscaping art aesthetically is the opposite of the generally accepted meaning of Graffiti Street Art...
Category

2010s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

How the Rich Make Street Art - Palm Beach 5
How the Rich Make Street Art - Palm Beach 5

Robert Funk
How the Rich Make Street Art - Palm Beach 5, 2021

Manhattan Skyscraper Abstract Multiple Exposure, Kali, Abstract Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
This trailblazing in-camera multiple exposures of New York buildings with the moon was done in 1972. It's not just an image that pushes the boundaries of visual imagery but it is a t...
Category

1970s Conceptual Abstract Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Manhattan Skyscraper Abstract Multiple Exposure, Kali, Abstract Photography
Manhattan Skyscraper Abstract Multiple Exposure, Kali, Abstract Photography

Mitchell Funk
Manhattan Skyscraper Abstract Multiple Exposure, Kali, Abstract Photography, 1971

Conceptual abstract photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual abstract photography 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 abstract photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gianfranco Pezzot, Kojun, Jeff Becker, and Dennis Balk. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and C Print 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 abstract photography, so small editions measuring 3.55 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract photography 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 $45 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work sells for $6,187.

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