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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
Untitled - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography

Untitled - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Figurative Photography

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Untitled' 2015 - Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, 21.5 x 27cm. Archival Print, based on an 8x10" Polaroid Negative Scanning. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. Not mounted. Short Bio: Xulong Zhang has been engaged in fashion portrait photography for 30 years and loves the Polaroid medium and began to working with Polaroid photography in 2000. He traveled to 34 countries for his Polaroid projects.. Vita: 1999 Has won the title “Ten Elites” in the 3rd China Portrait Photography. 2000 Named the World Chinese Artist, known as “The Prince of Album” 2001 September, CCTV special report on “Zhang Xulong’s Body Art Photography” gained strong feedback from the community. 2002 January, published “Strategies for Commercial Portrait Photograph” by Zhejiang Photography Publishing. 2002 February, launched the concept of “Tang Yun” and greatly accepted by the market. His idea has spread across whole China’s photography industry. 2002 July, launched the concept of “Picasso’s scene backdrop” for kids photography and shocking the whole industry. 2002 August, published “Ms.Tang’s Body Art Portrait Album”, the first female body photography in China, by People’s Arts Publishing 2002 September, a personal exhibition entitled “seeing memory” in the ancient city of Shanxi Province, the 2nd session of the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In December of 2002, he was invited to give lectures in Malaysia and auction off the “Fruitful Achievements” exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, donating all money to the Kuala Lumpur Charitable aid for nursing homes and orphanages, won the "goodwill ambassador" title of honor in Kuala Lumpur. 2003 February-March, held the exhibition of “White Valentines” at Beijing International Trade and Exhibition Centre. December 2003, pioneered the new concept of "Royal Wedding", and completed the album of “Invasion 2004” wedding photography books published by Jilin art press. In December 2003 was awarded the 2003 annual contribution of the Chinese human body photography. 2003 Published “China Portrait Culture”. 2004 January, published Body Art & Portrait album “Chun Hua Qiu Shi”. 2004 March, held the exhibition of “Body Art & Portrait photography” in Chengdu. 2004 May, featured on a special report of “Match En China” in Paris. 2004 September, Pingyao international photography festival held entitled "the ambiguity of ancient legacy" xu-long Zhang body art exhibition 2005 August. 2005 August, accept the German star weekly "Der Stern" special report of “China nude” photography...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Untitled - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography

Untitled - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait Photography

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Untitled' 2014 - 8.5cm x 8.5cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival Print, based on a Polaroid SX-70 B&W Negative Scanning. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. Not mounted. Short Bio: Xulong Zhang has been engaged in fashion portrait photography for 30 years and loves Polaroid photography. In 2000, he began to develop Polaroid photography and traveled to 34 countries for his photography. Vita: 1999 Has won the title “Ten Elites” in the 3rd China Portrait Photography. 2000 Named the World Chinese Artist, known as “The Prince of Album” 2001 September, CCTV special report on “Zhang Xulong’s Body Art Photography” gained strong feedback from the community. 2002 January, published “Strategies for Commercial Portrait Photograph” by Zhejiang Photography Publishing. 2002 February, launched the concept of “Tang Yun” and greatly accepted by the market. His idea has spread across whole China’s photography industry. 2002 July, launched the concept of “Picasso’s scene backdrop” for kids photography and shocking the whole industry. 2002 August, published “Ms.Tang’s Body Art Portrait Album”, the first female body photography in China, by People’s Arts Publishing 2002 September, a personal exhibition entitled “seeing memory” in the ancient city of Shanxi Province, the 2nd session of the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In December of 2002, he was invited to give lectures in Malaysia and auction off the “Fruitful Achievements” exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, donating all money to the Kuala Lumpur Charitable aid for nursing homes and orphanages, won the "goodwill ambassador" title of honor in Kuala Lumpur. 2003 February-March, held the exhibition of “White Valentines” at Beijing International Trade and Exhibition Centre. December 2003, pioneered the new concept of "Royal Wedding", and completed the album of “Invasion 2004” wedding photography books published by Jilin art press. In December 2003 was awarded the 2003 annual contribution of the Chinese human body photography. 2003 Published “China Portrait Culture”. 2004 January, published Body Art & Portrait album “Chun Hua Qiu Shi”. 2004 March, held the exhibition of “Body Art & Portrait photography” in Chengdu. 2004 May, featured on a special report of “Match En China” in Paris. 2004 September, Pingyao international photography festival held entitled "the ambiguity of ancient legacy" xu-long Zhang body art exhibition 2005 August. 2005 August, accept the German star weekly "Der Stern" special report of “China nude” photography...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Solid Liquid, Conceptual Hand-Blown Glass by Arik Levy
Solid Liquid, Conceptual Hand-Blown Glass by Arik Levy

Solid Liquid, Conceptual Hand-Blown Glass by Arik Levy

Located in Long Island City, NY

Arik Levy, Israeli (1963 - ) - Solid Liquid, Medium: Hand-Blown Colored and Silvered Glass, Size: 27 x 18 x 18 in. (68.58 x 45.72 x 45.72 cm)

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Blown Glass

Grand Opening, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Grand Opening, Lello Bookshop, Portugal

Grand Opening, Lello Bookshop, Portugal

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

60 x 40 inches ed. of 10 75 x 50 inches ed. of 7 90 x 60 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the m...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Lambda

Generation A

Generation A

By Julia Beyer

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Generation A’, 2017, 20 x 24,3 cm, edition 2/10, digital C-Print based on a Polaroid collage with superimposed transparency. Numbered and signed on the back by the artist. A piece f...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Polaroid

The Sorcerers Apprentice

The Sorcerers Apprentice

By Julia Beyer

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'The Sorcerers Apprentice’, 2017, 24 x 20 cm, edition of 2/10, Archival C-Print based on a Polaroid, Numbered and signed on the back by the artist. Not mounted. A piece from T...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Polaroid, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper

Notre Dame 3 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons

Notre Dame 3 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Notre Dame 3' 2010, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival Pigment Print, based on a Polaroid 810 transfer process, 27.3x20cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artist c...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Notre Dame 12 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Large Format Polaroid, Paris, Icons

Notre Dame 12 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Large Format Polaroid, Paris, Icons

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Notre Dame 12 (Paris) - available Editions 1, 2, 3 of 10 + 2AP. Archival Pigment Print, photographed with a super-large Polaroid 20x24 camera in Paris in 2015, 90x58cm, not mounted. ...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid

Notre Dame 7 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons

Notre Dame 7 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Notre Dame 7' 2010, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, archival Pigment Print, based on a Polaroid 810 transfer process, 20x27.3cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artist c...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Color, Polaroid, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Andra Samelson, Pemarom, 2013-2022, 1300 + cds, Edition of 5, Abstract Sculpture
Andra Samelson, Pemarom, 2013-2022, 1300 + cds, Edition of 5, Abstract Sculpture

Andra Samelson, Pemarom, 2013-2022, 1300 + cds, Edition of 5, Abstract Sculpture

By Andra Samelson

Located in Darien, CT

The word in Tibetan for lotus is “Pema.” In Buddhism the lotus is a symbol of purity. The lotus is planted and rooted in the mud, but grows up through the water and into the vast sky...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mirror, Plastic, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Other Medium

Miami Inspired Art Deco Still Life, Studio54, Pastel Tones Disco Lights, Purple
Miami Inspired Art Deco Still Life, Studio54, Pastel Tones Disco Lights, Purple

Miami Inspired Art Deco Still Life, Studio54, Pastel Tones Disco Lights, Purple

By Ryan Rivadeneyra

Located in Barcelona, ES

"Sexy Miami Futuristic Cocktail Lounge" is a series of photographs by Ryan Rivadeneyra inspired by the Art Deco colors of Miami that show beautiful objects and textures arranged meti...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, G...

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Cospaly
Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Cospaly

Chinese Contemporary Art by Su Yu - Cospaly

By Su Yu

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Su Yu is a Chinese artist born in 1987 who lives and works in Beijing. He was an old student of prestigious art teachers as Shi Liang & Chen Danqing at Oil Paintin...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Fresco, Large painting by Peter Saari
Fresco, Large painting by Peter Saari

Fresco, Large painting by Peter Saari

By Peter Saari

Located in Long Island City, NY

Peter Saari is an American artist who's work aims to re-invent antiquity through recreating ancient wall paintings and decoration. Provenance: Lamanga Gal...

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1980s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Plaster, Oil

Cherry Kobler - Columbia, original French vintage poster full lithograph
Cherry Kobler - Columbia, original French vintage poster full lithograph

Cherry Kobler - Columbia, original French vintage poster full lithograph

By Pierre Marrast

Located in Spokane, WA

Evidently, Cherry Kobler was a woman who composed songs and sang them while accompanying herself on the piano. Why she chose a fruity dessert as a stage name is anyone's guess. According to the French files of Columbia Records...

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1930s Conceptual Art

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Lithograph

Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night

By Michael Beam

Located in Buffalo, NY

The title for this work was inspired by the ruminations of Charles Manson in the 2010 publication Charles Manson NOW. “When you come to prison and you stay the fifteen years, all the dogs of the world are dead when you come back out, there is no dog that was a live when you were out last time. The three dog...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Acrylic, Canvas, Glitter, Spray Paint

The Terminator By Artist Tyler Stout Arnold Schwarzenegger James Cameron Print
The Terminator By Artist Tyler Stout Arnold Schwarzenegger James Cameron Print

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 Art

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Screen

Opic, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print and Screenprint by Shannon Ebner
Opic, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print and Screenprint by Shannon Ebner

Opic, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print and Screenprint by Shannon Ebner

By Shannon Ebner

Located in Long Island City, NY

“Opic” is a chromogenic print and screenprint by American artist Shannon Ebner (b.1971), dated 2007, edition 2/3. The large horizontal work depicts a grid of blue and silver tiles ov...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

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Screen, Photography

Palm Springs 1

Palm Springs 1

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photogram

Mouse and Chair (Color), Etching by Donald Saff
Mouse and Chair (Color), Etching by Donald Saff

Mouse and Chair (Color), Etching by Donald Saff

By Donald Saff

Located in Long Island City, NY

Mouse and Chair (Color) Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: circa 1980 Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 50 Image Size: 23.5 x 18.5 inches Size: 39 in. x 27.5...

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1980s Conceptual Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Fresh Paintings 274, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Niko Luoma
Fresh Paintings 274, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Niko Luoma

Fresh Paintings 274, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Niko Luoma

Located in Long Island City, NY

Fresh Paintings 274 by Niko Luoma (1970) Date: 2004 Chromogenic Print with Diasec, signed in pen on verso Edition of 1/3, 2 AP's Size: 39.25 x 49.25 in. (99.7 x 125.1 cm)

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

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Digital

THE NAME OF THE FLOWER: PANSY “JOKER VIOLA-GOLD”
THE NAME OF THE FLOWER: PANSY “JOKER VIOLA-GOLD”

THE NAME OF THE FLOWER: PANSY “JOKER VIOLA-GOLD”

By Ken Aptekar

Located in Surfside, FL

Genre: Contemporary Subject: Nature Medium: Ink, Sandblasted Glass, Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions: 20" x 20" Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 21" x 2" KEN APTEKAR (b.19...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

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Glass, Ink

Limiting Beliefs
Limiting Beliefs

Limiting Beliefs

By Olha Trikolich

Located in Zofingen, AG

How often are we held back from deciding by the many limiting beliefs and frameworks instilled in us from birth by our immediate environment and society? These limiting beliefs are a...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Palm Springs 8

Palm Springs 8

By Vanessa Marsh

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Further to Fly is a series of Wet Plate Collodion Photograms that continues in my practice of using drawings on mylar layered with light-sensitive materials in the darkroom to create imagined landscapes. The illustrations used in the series are based on reference shots I took in Palm Springs...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Photogram

RARE Yvon Lambert Gallery mailer (Hand Signed and Addressed by Dennis Oppenheim)
RARE Yvon Lambert Gallery mailer (Hand Signed and Addressed by Dennis Oppenheim)

RARE Yvon Lambert Gallery mailer (Hand Signed and Addressed by Dennis Oppenheim)

By Dennis A. Oppenheim

Located in New York, NY

Dennis Oppenheim Directed Seeding -Wheat, Historic Yvon Lambert Gallery Poster (Hand Signed and Addressed by Dennis Oppenheim), 1969 Offset lithograph poster. Hand signed, inscribed. Postmarked and addressed to Oppenheim's dealer, John Gibson 23 × 16 inches Hand Signed and inscribed by Dennis Oppenheim lower right in blue marker in 2006, hand addressed by Dennis Oppenheim in 1969 in red marker Unframed This is an extremely uncommon vintage poster/mailer announcing the May 20th, 1969 opening reception (Vernissage) for the exhibition of works by American conceptual art pioneer Dennis Oppenheim at the Yvon Lambert Gallery in Paris. The poster is historic in that it was originally mailed to John Gibson, the East 67th Street dealer, who famously gave Dennis Oppenheim his first New York exhibition in 1968, and it is hand addressed to Gibson, bearing the original Paris, France postmark of 1969. It is, exceptionally, hand signed and dedicated by Dennis Oppenheim to a collector who acquired the poster from John Gibson's collection, and then secured Dennis Oppenheim's autograph in 2006, making this an especially valuable collectors item. More information about the project from the Tate Gallery archives, which acquired the work: This work brings together two interventions Oppenheim created on a field owned by farmer Albert Waalken in Finsterwolde, north-eastern Holland, in 1969. It comprises four distinct elements mounted on board: a colour photograph of a wheatfield being sowed by a tractor in parallel curving lines seen from high up; a negative image in black and white of a map of the area of Finsterwolde onto which two sections of text have been collaged; and two black and white aerial photographs of the same field being traversed by a tractor cutting an X into the wheat. The first two elements relate to the action Directed Seeding. For this the field was seeded according to a line plotted by following the road from the village of Finsterwolde, the location of the field, to Nieuweschans, another village where the farmer’s storage silo for wheat was located. Oppenheim reduced this curved line by a factor of six in order to direct the trajectory of seeding. The tractor then carved a series of curved parallel lines on the surface of the field as it dug up earth and scattered seed. From an aerial perspective the patterning of parallel lines may be viewed as a form of line drawing on the landscape. The precise location of the field and the silo are indicated on the map, showing the trajectory of the road. The two sections of text collaged onto the upper portion of the map briefly describe the two interventions. Explaining the action Cancelled Crop, the artist wrote: In September the field was harvested in the form of an X. The grain was isolated in its raw state, further processing was withheld. This project poses an interaction upon media during the early stages of processing. Planting and cultivating my own material is like mining ones own pigment (for paint) – I can direct the later stages of development at will. In this case the material is planted and cultivated for the sole purpose of withholding it from a product-oriented system. Isolating this grain from further processing (production of food stuffs) becomes like stopping raw pigment from becoming an illusionistic force on canvas. The esthetic is in the raw material prior to refinement, and since no organization is imposed through refinement, the material’s destiny is bred with its origin. (Quoted from artist’s statement in Tate acquisition file.) Directed Seeding and Cancelled Crop are two separate works, brought together in several different versions of which Tate’s is one. The collage presents three ways in which human action may marks the land. For the first two, agricultural machinery is used to create straight lines, in the process of harvesting as in the X of Cancelled Crop, or curved lines, during the process of planting seed in the contours photographed for Directed Seeding. The map shows a third (and more ancient) way of marking the land, through the construction of roads. The use of the landscape – natural, industrial or urban – as a canvas on which to act is typical of Oppenheim’s work in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In a related action, Directed Harvest, 1966 (Tate T07590) and Directed Harvest 1968 (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands), the artist caused a field to be harvested in linear patterns which he then had photographed in its progressive stages. In Reverse Processing: Cement Transplant, East River, NY, 1970, 1978 (Tate T07591) Oppenheim drew large crosses on the roofs of barges transporting raw cement that he found moored on the New York East River banks. All these works centre on process as an agent of change and utilise materials, elements and locations on which the artist can have no permanent claim, making them deliberately ephemeral. Such actions as seeding a crop and harvesting it several months later operate within time parameters dependent on the cycles of the seasons rather than the will of man, mixing human processes with those of nature. Oppenheim’s analogy between the prevention of a crop from entering the food chain and the halting of the expressive, ‘illusionistic’ force of paint deconstructs the sophisticated processes of art-making and the food industry to the elemental notion of making simple marks on the environment. In this way, the artist highlights contemporary man’s dependency on complex chains...

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1960s Conceptual Art

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Offset, Lithograph

David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, limited edition by Duffy

David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, limited edition by Duffy

By Brian Duffy

Located in Austin, TX

Museum quality fine art print of an alternative shot from the cover shoot for Aladdin Sane by David Bowie from the official Duffy Archive. This official Duffy Archive print is avail...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

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Archival Pigment

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Find a wide variety of authentic Conceptual 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 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, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Reinhard Görner, Kojun, Jose Sierra, and xulong zhang. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint 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 art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for 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 $45 and tops out at $500,000, while the average work sells for $2,465.