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Conceptual Sculptures

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
Double Embrace
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original wall sculpture by American female artist Felice Koenig. Koenig covers carved polystyrene forms with layers upon layers of acrylic dots. The works take Koenig around 6...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Polystyrene, Acrylic

Gil Scullion, You Forget, 2017, 20 sheets of stacked hand-cut paper
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Toccata Und Fugue
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original laser cut leather wall sculpture by Jozef Bajus. This piece is comprised of nearly 100 lbs of laser cut industrial black leather. The price includes custom installation...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

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Metal

Gil Scullion, You First, 2017, 20 sheets of stacked hand-cut paper
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Vessel: Pierced III, Unique Wall or Table Art by Sylvia Seventy
By Sylvia Seventy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media sculpture by Sylvia Seventy, from 1986, is a conceptual work in neutral tones. Materials include handmade paper, Apple Wood, Willow, Paint, Oil Pastel, Wax, Cotton ...
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1980s Conceptual Sculptures

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Cotton, Handmade Paper, Oil Pastel, Paint, Wood

Jo Yarrington, Ghost Girls, Camel Hair Brush Display, 2018, Found Objects, Metal
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...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Traveling Landscape (Sunseeker)
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural installation incorporates running water and and interior light which activates the scene of a streambed along a grassy knoll. Kathleen Vance is an environmental artist who creates projects that connect people to local aspects of nature that are overlooked or under appreciated. With the series “Traveling Landscapes” Vance creates miniature landscapes with running streams and rivers inside vintage suitcases and trunks...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Mixed Media Planet with Roots: 'Fons et origo #3' (Source & Origin)
Located in New York, NY
Fons et origo, which in Latin means Source and Origin, includes 8 wall-sculptures. These circular shapes sprout long roots in delicate hand-cut formations. Some of the roots have tin...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Wire

Gil Scullion, You Get, 2017, 20 sheets of stacked hand_cut paper
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Gil Scullion, You Need, 2017, 20 sheets of stacked hand-cut paper
Located in Darien, CT
Where do we come from? Where are we going? What the hell is going on here? 2017-2018 Hand cut paper in wood box Gil Scullion’s conceptual text-based work has been featured in exhibi...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Paper

Fingerprint 3
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media woven paper and staple wall sculpture by Jozef Bajus. This work can be acquired in a shadow box frame presentation for an additional $350.
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Floor Chimes (Sonambient)
Located in Long Island City, NY
This modern abstract bronze sculpture by Bruggemann is characteristic of his work. His works derive from and depend largely upon elemental laws of physics and kinetic principles, approaching the practical limits of artistic statement combined with supreme craftsmanship. Artist: Winni Brueggemann, German Title: Floor Chimes...
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1970s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Steel & Iron Sculpture Titled: Nail Head
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
EDUCATION: 1990 - BFA- College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PRESENT STUDIO 740- ARTIST/ STUDIO MANAGER, Helena, MT ASSISTANT CURATOR OF EDUCATION- HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART, Helena, MT 1998-2014 SCULPTURE DEPART. CHAIR/ FOUNDRY DIRECTOR - Armory Art Center,WPB, FL 2012 SUMMER RESIDENT ARTIST @ THE ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION, Helena, MT 2010 ELECTED MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, WPB, FL DESIGNED & FABRICATED SENIOR GIFT SCULPTURE - Northwood University, WPB, FL 2008 DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - Judge Knott Award, Historical Society of Palm Beach County DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - Providencia Award- Palm Beach County Convention Bureau, WPB, FL FINALIST - My Wendy, My Way, Wendy’s International, Dublin, OH 2003 DESIGNED & FABRICATED CEE CEE LYLES MEMORIAL- Veteran’s Park, Ft. Pierce, FL 1998 - 1996 RDK STUDIOS - Owner/Operator, FIne Art Bronze Foundry, Riviera Beach, FL EXHIBITIONS: 2015 CHRIS RICCARDO & FRIENDS, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coure d’Alene, ID 16TH ANNUAL SMALLL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coure d’Alene, ID 2014 ON & OFF THE WALL: SOFLO CERAMICS, The Art Gallery @ Eissey Campus Gallery ART PALM BEACH, JF Gallery, WPB, FL IN LIQUID 15, Philadelphia, PA 2013 NCECA 2013: Resident Artist Exhibtion, NCECA 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX ART PALM BEACH, JF Gallery, WPB, FL THE INVISIBLE HOURDE: Unit 1 Gallery, WPB, FL 2012 ARCHIE BRAY @ the Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA RESIDENT ARTIST EXHIBITION: Bray Warehouse Galley, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT MUSES & SIRENS: CHRIS RICCARDO & JACQUES De BEAUFORT, The Art GAllery @ Eissey Campus, PBG, FL PALM BEACH ART & ANTIQUES, JF Gallery, WPB, FL SMALL FAVORS VII- The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA BEYOND THE BRICKYARD ( 4th Annual Juried Exhibition ) Juried by Richard Shaw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Iron

Keynote XIV
Located in Buffalo, NY
Diane Baker is a mixed media and fiber-related sculptor working out of Buffalo, NY. She has exhibited throughout the United States and in Canada and is included in several public and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Tape, Wood

Bar (Drinking Sculptures)
Located in New York, NY
Erwin Wurm's Drinking Sculptures are an expansion of his One Minute Sculpture series. These performative works consist of vintage furniture mounted onto bronze sculptures - cucumbers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Hub, 310 Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7ST, UK
Located in New York, NY
Hub, London Apartment is from the artist’s ongoing Specimen Series, in which he creates 1:1 fabric replicas of domestic items, including appliances from his previous New York City ap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Campo Base
Located in Berlin, DE
Campo Base 2015 Polyester resin 50 x 39 x 13 cm The work of Lidó Rico focuses on the body, as an icon but also as a medium. Indeed, his own body constitutes the iconic material of...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Niemand and Soldier Duo
Located in Denver, CO
"Niemand and Soldier Duo" is one of a limited edition of 25 works. The Duo will be cast and hand-finished especially for you and shipped directly from the artist's studio in Slovaki...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Polyurethane

Porcelain Snail Pile in Green
Located in Buffalo, NY
This white and green porcelain snail pile was meticulously sculpted by New York artist Bethany Krull. The detail is impeccable with the intricate text...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

'The Weight of Man in Olympus' Conceptual Hand Wall Sculpture, Gold and Black
Located in Rye, NY
This sculpture represents the idea of human balance in infinity. The symbol of construction while balancing a feather, symbol of freedom and lightness.
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Shoe Wall - cast bronze shoe sculpture installation
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
This set of 48 cast bronze "Shoes" comes from a series of 100 playful shoes by world-renowned artist Steve Tobin. With a variety of extraordinary patinas on ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED
Located in Darien, CT
There are two Little Oil installations available with 6 sculptures each on top of LED light boxes. Katherine Jackson has been working with glass and light together for many years, Recently, she's been making glass castings of vintage oil cans, and displaying them -- singly, in small groupings, or in vitrines -- on light boxes. So far she has created about 90, each one unique. The series is called Little Oil, alluding to Big Oil, and sometimes Small Oils, as in oil painting. But “oil” can mean many things. It has been a source of light (sometimes from unconscionable sources) since ancient times as well as a source of eternal light in many faith traditions. Set atop lightboxes, where each work glows from within, these pieces can simply seem like vessels of light itself. At times, they appear to me to transcend their relation to oil altogether, appearing anthropomorphic or creaturely, even biological. These days, I think of them as archeological artifacts, relics of a past, oil-based, civilization. Necropolis is a print of a painting inspired by a map of the necropolis where the terra cotta soldiers...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Glass, LED Light, Pigment

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED
Located in Darien, CT
There are two Little Oil installations available with 6 sculptures each on top of LED light boxes. Two of the oil can sculptures depicted here are sold. Please contact the gallery for specific prices on individual prices and smaller light boxes sold with the sculptures. Prices range from $675 - $2050 including a small lightbox for individual sculptures. Katherine Jackson has been working with glass and light together for many years, Recently, she's been making glass castings of vintage oil cans, and displaying them -- singly, in small groupings, or in vitrines -- on light boxes. So far she has created about 90, each one unique. The series is called Little Oil, alluding to Big Oil, and sometimes Small Oils, as in oil painting. But “oil” can mean many things. It has been a source of light (sometimes from unconscionable sources) since ancient times as well as a source of eternal light in many faith traditions. Set atop lightboxes, where each work glows from within, these pieces can simply seem like vessels of light itself. At times, they appear to me to transcend their relation to oil altogether, appearing anthropomorphic or creaturely, even biological. These days, I think of them as archeological artifacts, relics of a past, oil-based, civilization. Necropolis is a print of a painting inspired by a map of the necropolis where the terra cotta soldiers...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Glass, LED Light, Pigment

'Caresses From Olympus' Mixed Media, Conceptual Life Size, Figurative Sculpture
Located in Rye, NY
With ‘Caresses From Olympus’ Mattia explores the journey that man takes every day to discover himself. In an era where migrants are at the center of humanity this sculpture tries to ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Meditation Man
Located in Rye, NY
The "Meditation Man," in his yoga pose, is in total concentration. His plumaged eyes could be interpreted as life's struggles as he continues to maintain his maximum mental focus. ...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Polyurethane

'I'm My Gold' Mixed Media Conceptual Figurative Sculpture
Located in Rye, NY
Artist Statement: With this sculpture I wanted to represent how sometimes we try to follow or copy certain ideologies or simply lifestyles, forgetting that we are unique individuals ...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Untitled Sculpture (1)" Sculpture 18" x 4" x 4" inch by Chad Muska
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled Sculpture (1)" Sculpture 18" x 4" x 4" inch by Chad Muska Unique Stone, wood, steel For Chad Muska, an American multi-talented individual, art isn’t just a part of life....
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Steel

More
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Stephanie Lanter Title : More Materials : Porcelain, underglaze, glaze, enamel, thread Date : 2016 Dimensions : 15" x 12" x 8" Description : ...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Thread, Glaze, Underglaze, Mixed Media

Intersection
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Stephanie Lanter Title : Intersection Materials : Porcelain, underglaze, oxides Date : 2015 Dimensions : 5" x 8.5" x 5" Description : Manually slip-trailed sculpture...
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2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Thread, Glaze, Underglaze, Mixed Media

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil_Vitrine 2, 2019, Glass, Steel, Wood, Plexi, LEDs
Located in Darien, CT
Drawing, glass, and light: these three ingredients are the basis of Katherine Jackson’s work. She begins with drawing, which sometimes becomes an end in itself. But often the images ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil_Vitrine 1, 2019, Glass, Steel, Wood, Plexi, LEDs
Located in Darien, CT
Drawing, glass, and light: these three ingredients are the basis of Katherine Jackson’s work. She begins with drawing, which sometimes becomes an end in itself. But often the images ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Il Cerchio Della Vita ("The Circle of Life")
Located in Rye, NY
"Il Cerchio Della Vita" ("The Circle of Life") is created by Mattia with black and white bird feathers, an animal born with the gift of flight and...
Category

2010s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Plexiglass

2365 Degrees Arc x IV
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large indoor/outdoor welded iron sculpture by Bernar Venet circa 1990. An iconic modern art sculpture of iron with black patina, title stamped...
Category

1990s Conceptual Sculptures

Materials

Steel

@Anonymous
Located in New York, NY
@Anonymous 2014 Neon 28 x 25 x 0.5
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Sculptures

Conceptual sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual sculptures 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 sculptures 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, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Beatrice De Domenico, Scott Froschauer, Jo Yarrington, and Kojun. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and mixed media 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures 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 $125 and tops out at $500,000, while the average work sells for $3,220.

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