Conceptual Art
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
Self Portrait #12 From Cuerpo en Tensión Series. Limited edition photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose Sierra work is deeply influenced by themes of self-representation and a homoerotic gaze. Through his unique aesthetic, he creates abject staged environments that challenge tradi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Marshall - large format photograph of iconic cherry red Cadillac automobile
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic American vintage car with crimson red sheetmetal paint and custom logo tag
Marshall by Frank Schott
25 x 40 inches (64 x 102cm)
signed edition of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
The Wall, Conceptual Poster by Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Long Island City, NY
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Bulgarian (1935 -2020) - The Wall, Year: 1999, Medium: Poster, signed in color pencil lower right, Size: 19.25 x 24.75 in. (48.9 x 62.87 cm)
Category
1990s Conceptual Art
Materials
Offset
Letter H ( 27 x 40" / 68 x 102cm )
Located in San Francisco, CA
LETTER H by Christian Stoll
large scale conceptual photography playing with viewer's perspective
incredible details in this body of work, a series of environmental stills playing w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Giclée
Process (1)
Located in Zofingen, AG
This is the first picture from the "Process" series. In this art, I artistically describe how the process of creating an image takes place, from idea to embodiment
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Flora 20, 2015 - Oregon Grape Lily Environment Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 20, 2015 - Oregon Grape Lily Environment Photography by Marisa Culatto
Flora 20 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Untitled VIII. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
José Sierra painted his body as a tribute to Afro-Colombian and pre-Columbian cultures, documenting the performance in photographs that portray him in erotic and suggestive positions...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Self Portrait #15. La Piedra Sustituta, Series. Limited edition color photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Showing a body that is hidden is the aesthetic apology for the insane judgment that the artist himself has taken as an excuse for not being 'pointed at' or rather as self-pointing. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Glasshouse Trees - Harvest from Vienna Daydreams Portfolio by Helmut Kand
By Helmut Kand
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helmut Kand
Title: Glasshouse Trees - Harvest from the Vienna Daydreams Portfolio
Edition: 150
Medium: Serigraph on Foil Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Image Size: 22 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled, Polaroid Emulsion Transfer, Contemporary, 21st Century, Nude
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Chinese Classical), 2003, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer, 32 cm x 26cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artis...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Purple - Floral color photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
30 Cents Singapore Orchid Purple, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection.
This historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Deseo Insular IX. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Nude Color Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist was enchanted by some images he had a relationship with since childhood, working them into iconographies, such as the image of the fisherman carrying on his back a cod alm...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Notre Dame 11 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Large Format Polaroid, Paris, Icons
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Notre Dame 11' - 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. Signed, embossed...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Yellow - Floral color photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
30 Cents Singapore Orchid Yellow, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection.
This historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcar...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
The Grand Piano, Biblioteca Joanina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 61.3 inches
ed. of 7
$9000
70 x 71.6 inches
ed. of 5
$11,000
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Lambda
North Shore Motel Office II, Salton Sea, California - Architectural Color Photo
Located in Cambridge, GB
North Shore Motel, from Richard Heeps Salton Sea series. Blue skies over this Californian classic mid-century modern Americana Motel exterior. Captured by Richard Heeps in the Salton...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Resin, Wood, Color
Marina Abramovic, Original hand signed hourglass drawing in Beaux Arts monograph
Located in New York, NY
Marina Abramović
Untitled hourglass drawing, 1992
Original drawing done in black marker, hand signed and annotated and held inside the softback catalogue for the artist's 1992 Beaux ...
Category
1990s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
Self Portrait #19 From Un niño en el Chicle Series. Limited edition photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose Sierra work is deeply influenced by themes of self-representation and a homoerotic gaze. Through his unique aesthetic, he creates abject staged environments that challenge tradi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Red Lips, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Pop art color photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
Red Lips, part of Richard's 2016 Hong Kong series, this street photography artwork captures the essence of Kowloon. The bold typography makes cool original pop art.
This artwork is ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Of course we all wanted to look like Peggy Castle at the Wagons West Party, 2015
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled - Contemporary, Polaroid
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' (Chinese Classical) - 2003 -
26 cm x 32cm.
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer.
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Self Portrait #10 From La Piedra Sustituta II Series.Limited edition Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jose Sierra work is deeply influenced by themes of self-representation and a homoerotic gaze. Through his unique aesthetic, he creates abject staged environments that challenge tradi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Flora 17, 2015 - Crimson Hibiscus with Purple Iris Red Berries Frozen in Ice
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 17, 2015 - Crimson Hibiscus with Purple Iris Red Berries Frozen in Ice
Flora 17 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
Flora 13, 2015 - Green Beetle Photography Natural Environment Portrait
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 13, 2015 - Green Beetle Photography Natural Environment Portrait by Marisa Culatto
Flora 14 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
Wet Market, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Fish Tank Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This is part of a series Richard shot in Kong Kong in 2013 where he wanted his photographs to be metaphors for the layered, dense living in the City, which is perfectly captured here...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
David Borawski, The First Act of Violence, 2019, Gaffers tape, dimensions vary
Located in Darien, CT
David Borawski lives and works in Hartford, Connecticut, and received his BFA from the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford.
A multi-media installation artist, his work...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Tape
My Backbone and I
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The central theme of the artwork revolves around the concept of love, partnership, and the strength that comes from sharing life's journey with someone you truly cherish. The portrayal of a woman standing behind a man is symbolic and highlights the significance of being someone's backbone, providing much-needed support and encouragement in every situation.
The title, "My Backbone and I," aptly captures the essence of the artwork. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of the couple, where each person complements and supports the other, forming an unbreakable bond. This piece reminds us that true love involves more than just being there during the good times; it means standing together, hand-in-hand, through life's challenges and triumphs.
In the context of the artwork, the woman's presence behind the man represents her role as a steadfast pillar of strength, constantly supporting and empowering him. This representation challenges traditional gender norms, debunking the outdated notion that women should always stand behind men. Instead, it celebrates the idea that a successful partnership is built on mutual respect, equal footing, and shared responsibilities.
The artist, Michael Adetula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Notaphilists, 500 - Conceptual Asian Color Photography
Located in Cambridge, GB
This is the third collaborative collection by Natasha Heidler & Richard Heeps, of 20th Century artefacts, following on from the 2014 Vinyl Collection & 2015 Stamp Colour. Today we ph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Limited Queen Elizabeth II Photography Modern
By Chris Levine
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70
Date of creation: 2022
Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Satin paper
Edition number: 2/5
Size: 47 x 38 cm
Condition: New in mint conditions, never fra...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Satin Paper, Screen
Construction Drawing III (Conceptual Art, Mechanical, Engineer, Machine)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the artist, Edition 16/75
COA provided
Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculpto...
Category
1960s Conceptual Art
Materials
Lithograph
Stars 12, 2014 - Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Stars and Trees in Ancient English Woodland and Forest by Ellie Davies
Stars and Trees is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, available in this size from a L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
C Print, Digital, Photographic Paper, Color
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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
C Print, Polaroid
NO SMOKING, Rare historic 1970s Fluxus hand pulled silkscreen mid century design
Located in New York, NY
Maciunas & George Brecht, George Maciunas, George Brecht
No Smoking, ca. 1973
Rare, historic Hand pulled Fluxus silkscreen
Limited edition and rarely found collectible (though exact number produced not known)
16 31/50 × 16 3/4 inches
Black and white hand-pulled silk screen by George Maciunas of George Brecht's iconic ”No Smoking” offset wallpaper squares
George Maciunas was a Lithuanian American artist, art historian, and art organizer who was the founding member and central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers, and designers.
"George Maciunas had an extreme dislike of smoking. Being an asthmatic he could not tolerate it personally and with his complete devotion to Fluxus, professionally he felt there was no time or space for such a self-indulgent act. This disdain led fellow Fluxus artist, George Brecht to suggest a “no smoking” sign...
Category
1970s Conceptual Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled - Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Polaroid, Photograph
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Untitled' 2015, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C-Print, based on an IMPOSSIBLE 8x10 Polaroid, 27 cm x 21.5 cm, not mounted, Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificat...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Fires 8, 2018 - Autumnal Seasonal Landscape in Ancient English Woodland
By Ellie Davies
Located in Brighton, GB
Fires 8, 2018 - Autumnal Seasonal Landscape in Ancient English Woodland by Ellie Davies
Fires 8 by Ellie Davies is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, availa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Digital, C Print, Photographic Paper
Cabinet of Wonders, Persistence and the Fugitive
By Greg Garvey
Located in Darien, CT
This flat file installation is a kind of Wunderkammer – a Cabinet of Wonder or Curiosity containing a small idiosyncratic collection of select wonders and oddities of the natural wor...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Wood, Video, Found Objects
Book: Selected Works 1967-90 And the Mind Grew Fingers (PLUS handwritten letter)
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Oppenheim
Dennis Oppenheim: Selected Works 1967-90 : And the Mind Grew Fingers (with handwritten signed letter laid in separately), 1992
Softback book with separate hand signe...
Category
1990s Conceptual Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Self Portrait #17. La Piedra Sustituta, Series. Limited edition color photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Showing a body that is hidden is the aesthetic apology for the insane judgment that the artist himself has taken as an excuse for not being "pointed at" or rather as self-pointing. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Self Portrait #10. La Piedra Sustituta, Series. Limited edition color photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Showing a body that is hidden is the aesthetic apology for the insane judgment that the artist himself has taken as an excuse for not being 'pointed at' or rather as self-pointing. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Invacuo Project #19. B&W Portrait inspired by the Gezi Park resistance movement
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his new photographic art series, Erkaya revolts against individual and social de-sensitization. In order to address the memory and to increase awareness, he uses “gas” against everyone –without discrimination. He tests his models with gas in the specifically prepared labyrinth made of mirrors. When we see ourselves in the eyes of the models in the mirrors...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Notre Dame 11 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Large Format Polaroid, Paris, Icons
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Notre Dame 11' - 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. Signed...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Self Portrait #8 . La Piedra Sustituta Series. Limited edition color photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Showing a body that is hidden is the aesthetic apology for the insane judgment that the artist himself has taken as an excuse for not being 'pointed at' or rather as self-pointing. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Self Portrait #5. La Piedra Sustituta Series. Limited edition color photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Showing a body that is hidden is the aesthetic apology for the insane judgment that the artist himself has taken as an excuse for not being 'pointed at' or rather as self-pointing. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Self Portrait #3 From La Piedra Sustituta Series. Limited edition photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Showing a body that is hidden is the aesthetic apology for the insane judgment that the artist himself has taken as an excuse for not being 'pointed at' or rather as self-pointing. T...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Notre Dame 6 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Notre Dame 6' 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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Linda Cunningham, 'Edge of Change III', 2015, Pastel, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Unexpected materials, found and manufactured, perch precariously on torn edges and bifurcated sheets of large paper. Here, fluid calligraphic lines are posed against the veracity of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Wood, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Found Objects
Blomberg 1, Laser cut archival pigment ink print, signed, numbered, framed
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Blomberg 1, Laser cut archival pigment ink print, signed, numbered, framed
Ideas of home and dislocation have always been compelling to me as the child of immigrant parents who arri...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Notre Dame 5 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Paris, Icons
By xulong zhang
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Notre Dame 5' 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...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Polaroid, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Two Screenprinted pillow cases (one hand signed by Baldessari) in bespoke box
Located in New York, NY
John Baldessari Pillow Cases in Bespoke Presentation Box (one pillowcase hand signed by John Baldessari) for The Thing Quarterly Issue 22, 2014
Silkscreen on 100% cotton 320 thread count sateen pillowcases (Hand signed by John Baldessari)
Boldly signed in ink by John Baldessari on one of the pillowcases (see photo)
Unframed
One of the pillowcases is hand signed in ink by John Baldessari:
John Baldessari was one of the artists who were invited to contribute an object (or "thing") with text for a special project for "The Thing" publication (read on for more on "The Thing") ; the conceptual object therefore had to incorporate text. Baldessari's contribution in 2014 was a silkscreened pillowcase with text. A limited (unknown) number of these pillowcases were marketed and sold as a set of two in a bespoke box. However, exceptionally, Baldessari hand signed a very few of pillowcases in ink. This is one of the very special sets bearing one hand signed pillow case - purchased directly from "The Thing". (a copy of the 2014 receipt is shown here.) The rest of these boxed sets were not hand signed.
The pillowcase is brand new, and will look gorgeous once pressed and framed by a professional framer.
More about this boxed set:
Issue 22 of THE THING Quarterly is by LA-based conceptual artist John Baldessari. It consists of two 100% cotton sateen pillowcases featuring an image of a woman clutching a pillow. The black and white image is taken from a Hollywood film still in Baldessari's collection and has been silkscreened on each pillowcase with environmentally-friendly, water-based ink. The pillowcases are standard-sized and envelope-style. For those who like their thread count high, the issue clocks in at a solid 320 thread count.
Measurements:
Box
10.5 inches by 13 inches by 2 inches
Pillow
20 inches vertical by 26 inches
What was The Thing Quarterly?
THE THING was an experimental publication created in collaboration with Will Rogan as part of an artist residency. We saw it as a quarterly periodical in the form of an object. Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers were invited to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. The object is reproduced and hand wrapped at wrapping parties and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help of the United States Postal Service.
It began as part of an artist residency in San Francisco’s Southern Exposure. Will and I had met in grad school at UC Berkeley and discovered our mutual affinity for quarterlies. He was a librarian at SFAI for five years and I had been a high school teacher for five years. WE were both interested pushing the boundaries of publication. Our plan was to create a 1 year publication with four artists, but from the very start the project generated so much interest and international excitement that we found ourselves running a publication complete with a brick and mortar storefront and a staff of four individuals. After 10 years, 34 issues, 59 projects and countless live events, we decided to end the publication in order to pursue our individual projects. We are still working together on a less ambitious new project, and hope to launch it at some point in 2021.
CONTRIBUTORS: have included John Baldessari, Dave Eggers, Miranda July...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Screen, Ink, Mixed Media, Cardboard
Canon (facsimile print in black and white)
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The facsimile print made on a paper with size of 100x70cm (39.3x27.5 in). The dominant colors are black and white with a greyish gamma.
His pencil drawing is a technique so exquis...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Carbon Pigment
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Self Portrait, Untitled IX. La Costilla Roja series. Limited edition photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work is the result of an artistic residence outside his 'study'.The artist worked on a different ecosystem, a house of vernacular architecture built in 1913 in the department of...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Deseo Insular XIII. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist was enchanted by some images he had a relationship with since childhood, working them into iconographies, such as the image of the fisherman carrying on his back a cod alm...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
LIE TO ME, Mixed Media Abstract Painting with Text
By Henri Bassmadjian
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1958. At his first personal exhibition (greeted by "Le Matin"), he is still a high school student.
At the workshops of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he prefers the personal research on the questioning of the paint of the painting that he does not hesitate to exhibit in the Salons (Big and Young, May, etc. ...) and which is split up with a mystic and barbarous vision applied to the installation, at Land-art.
In 1983, on his first visit to the USA, discovers the Hopi in the heart of the "American Dream". Violence of the figure. He then weaves in New York, Toulouse, Brussels, Paris the conjunction installation-drawing over many galleries.
In 1988, he entered the Galerie Krif (Paris) and immersed himself in the myth of Moby Dick. Many exhibitions (Brussels, Tarbes, Lyon, Rennes) while teaching at the School of Fine Arts in Bourges.
Henri Basmadjian died in December 1993. Homage to Furea Koral's 40th Year in Art showed with Osman Dinç, Song S, Daniel Buren
Ten Artists Ten Works: Henri Basmadjian, Canan Beykal, John Latham, Osman Dinç
Sabri Berkel
Category
1980s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache, Graphite
Ovulando En Plástico. Limited Edition Nude Self Portrait Color Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist was enchanted by some images he had a relationship with since childhood, working them into iconographies, such as the image of the fisherman carrying on his back a cod alm...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Color
Construction Drawing V
Located in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the artist, Edition 16/75
Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photogr...
Category
1960s Conceptual Art
Materials
Lithograph
$880 Sale Price
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Invacuo Project #18. B&W Portrait inspired by the Gezi Park resistance movement
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In his new photographic art series, Erkaya revolts against individual and social de-sensitization. In order to address the memory and to increase awareness, he uses “gas” against everyone –without discrimination. He tests his models with gas in the specifically prepared labyrinth made of mirrors. When we see ourselves in the eyes of the models in the mirrors...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
I wanted to meet a rich husband, so I modeled in auto shows, 2016
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Poolscape #71 - Karine Laval, Contemporary photography, Landscape, Water
By Karine Laval
Located in Brighton, GB
All prints are produced to order. Lead times between 5-10 days.
Due to currency fluctuations prices may change.
Please contact the gallery for more information about this print or...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color
Seafront Landscape with Rocks, Conceptual Photography, Lively Colors Cave
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 ob...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
C Print, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Savannah Spirit, Reach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Savannah Spirit
Reach
24 x 24 inches
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag.
Edition 1 of 5
Signed by artist
Latest press
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Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
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