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.
Qana, Palestine Large Mixed Media Conceptual Abstract Painting
By Dennis Balk
Located in Surfside, FL
From his show Hashish at Michael Steinberg Gallery (bearing their label verso) Reviewed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times. Abstract Expressionism meets graffiti photography. Cy ...
Canvas, Ink
Faith Thumbnail H Large Mixed Media Conceptual Abstract Painting
By Dennis Balk
Located in Surfside, FL
From his show Hashish at Michael Steinberg Gallery (bearing their label verso) Reviewed by Roberta Smith in the New York Times. Abstract Expressionism meets graffiti photography. Cy ...
Canvas, Ink
Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 54 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 64.7 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 75.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format phot...
Lambda
$9,500
Vintage Ektacolor Color Photograph Untitled Memory Projection Photo Shimon Attie
By Shimon Attie
Located in Surfside, FL
Shimon Attie (American, b. 1957), Untitled Memory (Projection of Marsha A.) Ektacolor photograph, 1998, from the Untitled Memory series, Gallery label to verso, Jack Shainman Galle...
Color
Jo Yarrington, Lick, Dip, Paint, 2018, LED Light, Putty, Plastic
Located in Darien, CT
This installation imagines a dipping pot that the Radium Girls might have had at a work station. Lit by black light to highlight the neon glow, this object conveys a modern view on t...
Plastic, LED Light, Putty
$3,200
Jo Yarrington, Ghost Girls Window Transparencies, 2018, Plastic, Digital Print
Located in Darien, CT
This series of five transparencies are in an edition size of 3. They are designed to be installed directly onto interior window areas to allow light to pass thru them. These transpar...
Plastic, Digital
Cadenza by Gina Soden, Photographer, Photography, Documentary
By Gina Soden
Located in Deddington, GB
Cadenza by Gina Soden [2013] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Digital photograph on Baryta paper Edition number 5 Image size: H:87.5 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unfra...
Paper, Digital Pigment
$350
Jo Yarrington, Ghost Girls_Transparencies, 2017, Inkjet Print, Photographic Film
Located in Darien, CT
Radioluminescence is the phenomenon by which light is produced in a material by bombardment with ionizing radiation and can be used as a low-level light source for night illumination of instruments or signage or other applications where light must be produced for long periods without external energy sources. Radioluminescent paint used to be used for clock hands and instrument dials...
Plastic, Photographic Film, Inkjet
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridge Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Condé born in Hamilton in 1940. Beveridge born in Ottawa in 1945. Both live ...
C Print, Color
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Referencing immigrants and the disabled. Social commentary conceptual artwork. Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridg...
C Print, Color
Palazzo Zenobio I
Located in Los Angeles, CA
signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces. An acti...
Archival Pigment
Reinhard Görner, Assemblée Nationale III Library, Paris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Assemblée Nationale III Library Paris, France 62.5" x 50" Edition of 10 $6,000 75" x 60" Edition of 7 $9,000 87.5" x 70" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered ...
Lambda
Biblioteca del Duca D'Aumale Terrasini
Located in New York, NY
The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject matter allows him to control the composition of his image. For many years he has photographed ...
C Print
Jeff Becker, Africa's Heartbeat, 2017, Video, Digital 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. Disruptive in nature, the Slurry Series works don't follow the tra...
Video, Digital Pigment
Jeff Becker, Planetary Breathing, 2017, Video, Digital 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. Disruptive in nature, the Slurry Series works don't follow the tra...
Video, Digital Pigment
Jo Yarrington, Ghost Girls 2018, Digital Print, Plastic
Located in Darien, CT
This series of six transparencies are in an edition size of 3. They are designed to be installed directly onto interior window areas to allow light to pass thru them. These transparencies can also be purchased separately for $3200 each and are an edition size of 3. Dimensions are 72 x 48 inches each. The upper transoms are window transparencies in shades of green. They are also available and can be fit to meet specific window sizes. In this window setting, they are 45 x 45 inches and can be purchased as a set of 5 panels for $3500 for that group. Radioluminescence is the phenomenon by which light is produced in a material by bombardment with ionizing radiation and can be used as a low-level light source for night illumination of instruments or signage or other applications where light must be produced for long periods without external energy sources. Radioluminescent paint used to be used for clock hands and instrument dials...
Plastic, Digital
Piazza San Marco, Italy, Architectural Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 75 x 50 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 90 x 60 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Archival Pigment
Jeff, Becker, Privacy Policy animation, 2016, Other Medium
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...
Other Medium
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...
C Print, Lambda
Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Contemporary Subject: Landscape Medium: Photograph Country: France 16 X 22.5 without frame Animalia, Insect Butterfly Photograph Élisabeth Montagnier was born in Algeria. S...
C Print, Color
City Hall Law Library, Philadelphia
Located in Los Angeles, CA
City Hall Law Library Philadelphia signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed 50 x 63 inches ed of 10 ...
Lambda
Vintage Large Scale C Print Untitled Abstract Photograph
By Ken Matsubara
Located in Surfside, FL
The size is as indicated here. the size on sticker is off. 1948 Born in Toyama Prefecture 1973 Dokuritsu Bijyutsu exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Record of Awards 1977 Da...
C Print
Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
By Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridge Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Condé born in Hamilton in 1940. Beveridge born in Ottawa in 1945. Both live an...
C Print, Color
Stairway to Heaven, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 46.3 inches ed. of 10 60 x 55.6 inches ed. of 7 70 x 64.8 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates...
Lambda
$11,000
Reinhard Görner: Beinecke, New Haven (Yale Rare Books and Manuscript Library)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner captures the monumentality of the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale's principal repository for literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books...
C Print, Lambda
Large Mixed Media Construction Sculpture Painting Ike Ude African American Art
By Iké Udé
Located in Surfside, FL
Iké Udé (1964- Nigerian American) Hand signed and dated 1993 on verso. Large carved and painted abstract wood sculptural construction Dimensions: 58 X 26 X 3 inches The work of Nig...
Thread, Paint, Mixed Media
Reinhard Görner 'Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid 2017 59 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 71 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 83 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed Internal Keywords: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Madrid, Spain, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, Spanish Libraries, Spanish Monuments, Library Photography...
C Print, Lambda
Fragmented Series, Conceptual 60 x 80 Archival Pigment Print, Ed. 5
By Ying Chen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist wanted to create an air of sadness and negative emotions that could be experienced in a photograph. She says that we go through our daily routines, often leaving our emoti...
Archival Pigment
"Untitled 1.18" Still Life Photography 16' x 24' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.18" Still Life Photography 16' x 24' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Not framed. Ships rolled in tu...
Digital Pigment
Shining Wall of Books, Yale Beinecke Library, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A breathtaking homage to the grandeur of knowledge, Reinhard Görner’s Shining Wall of Books captures the luminous beauty of one of the world’s most revered libraries. This masterfull...
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Schussenried Abbey I Library, Germany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey I Library Germany 50" x 63" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 75.7" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 88.3" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...
Lambda
Wren Library, Cambridge, England, German Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A masterpiece of Baroque symmetry and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Wren Library, Cambridge captures the timeless elegance of one of Brita...
C Print, Lambda
THROUGH THE VEIL OF TIME OR A DREAM
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition of 10 C-Print 17.875 x 17.875 Framed in natural wood Michelle Buhler has a BFA from the University of Utah. She has studied photography at the International Center of Photography and cinematography at New York University. She currently lives in Idaho. Education: New York University, Cinematography, New York, New York, 2011 International Center of Photography, Advanced Color Photorgraphy with Liz Deschenes, New York City, 2007 University of Utah, BFA Photography, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2003 Articles and Awards 2012 Honorable Mention in the 2012 First Edition of Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC 2012 The Stone Mind, Open House: Art on Iowa by Justin Roth 2003 Red Magazine...
C Print
Candida Höfer, Deutsche Oper
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944) Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, 2012 Medium: C-Print on photo paper Image dimensions: 30 x 45,5 cm Sheet dimensions: 38 x 53,5 cm Edition of 100: H...
C Print
Basilica, Bode Museum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces. An acti...
Lambda
Meteorites, natural light, analog photography, star field, stones and geometries
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high quality on matte photographic paper. The dimensions are 21 x 30cm. Claudia Ferreiro (Santiago de Compostela, 1996) explores memory and identity li...
Photographic Paper
Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.
By Maria Moldes
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 40 x 60 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
Photographic Paper
Body full of salt and pink water, lagoon, pop art, surreal photography.
By Maria Moldes
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 50 x 50 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
Photographic Paper
$2,207
Flora 32, 2015 - Limited Edition Color Print, Botanical Still Life Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 32, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 32 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
Riggs Library I, Washington DC, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library I, Washington DC, by world-renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner, captures the timeless elegance of one of America's rare surviving cast-iron libraries. T...
C Print, Lambda
$2,207
Flora 27, 2015 - Limited Edition Photographic Print, Still LIfe Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 27, 2015 by Marissa Culatto Flora 27 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...
C Print, Lambda
$2,207
Flora 20, 2015 - Limited Edition Color Print, Botanical Still Life Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 20, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 20 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,207
Flora 19, 2015 - Limited Edition Still Life Photography, Botanical Color Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 19, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 19 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
Flora 18, 2015 - Limited Edition Photographic Print, Color Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 18, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 18 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,207
Flora 13, 2015 - Limited Edition of 6 Color Photographic Print, Still Life
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 13, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 14 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,207
Flora 12, 2015 - Limited Edition Color Photographic Print, Still Life Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 12, 2015 by Marissa Culatto Flora 12 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,207
Flora 10, 2015 - Limited Edition Signed Color Still Life, Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 10, 2015 by Marissa Culatto Flora 10 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,207
Flora 6, 2015 - Limited Edition Color Print, Signed Still Life Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 6, 2015 by Marissa Culatto Flora 6 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora' ...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
Boschereccia Palazzo, Hercolani, Bologna
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boschereccia Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna, Italy 2022 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on labe...
C Print, Lambda
Longing, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this mesmerizing macro photograph, Görner masterfully captures the delicate interplay between form and color within a flower's intimate landscape. The soft, diaphanous pink petals...
C Print, Lambda
Open Space, City Library, Stuttgart, Germany, German Interior Architecture Photo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Open Space, City Library Stuttgart, Germany 2014 Contemporary Interior Architecture Photograph A vision of contemporary minimalism and infinite knowledge, Reinhard ...
C Print, Lambda
$7,100
Detail From: The Saints Laurentius and Catherine, Giovanni Gaddi, 1380 painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Detail From: The Saints Laurentius and Catherine, Giovanni Gaddi, 1380 painting Berlin Painting Gallery 2008 Two editions available. This 2008 conceptual photograph by German photo...
Archival Pigment
Isaac Newton, Cambridge, Trinity College Library
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale interior architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the bust of Sir Isaac Newton in the Trinity College librar...
C Print, Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Schussenried Abbey Library, Germany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey Library Germany 50" x 59.9" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 71.9" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 83.8" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...
Lambda
Reinhard Görner, Schussenried Abbey I Library, Germany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Schussenried Abbey I Library Germany 50" x 63" Edition of 10 $6,000 60" x 75.7" Edition of 7 $9,000 70" x 88.3" Edition of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...
Lambda
Beuys' Exhibition - Original Vintage Photo by Ruby Durini - 1084 ca.
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Roma, IT
Beuys' Exhibition is an original b/w photograph representing the indoor of the Marino Gallery (in Mignanelli Square, Rome) where Joseph Beuys' exhibition was held in the Eighty's. Th...
Photographic Paper
George Peabody Library, Baltimore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Peabody Library Baltimore 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 74.9 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 87.3 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
C Print, Lambda
Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, Fred Langford Edwards
Located in Carballo, ES
Fred Langford Edwards turns what seems like documentary research (analogue photographs of curious objects that the artist finds on the beach) into an art of wonder. In this extensive...
Photographic Paper
$2,800
Out of Nowhere, Secret World of Plants, German Macro Botanical Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In Out of Nowhere, part of Reinhard Görner's Secret World of Plants series, the delicate interplay of deep purples, vibrant greens, and soft-focus backgrounds creates an evocative an...
C Print, Lambda