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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
Chinatown Portfolio #9, 97/250
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Chryssa (Greek, born 1933) Chinatown Portfolio #9 Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint on wove paper Signed in pencil and numbered 97/250 Edition: 250 Dimension: 38 1/4 x 31 1/4i...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Hoyt Lake Buffalo New York
By Max Collins
Located in Buffalo, NY
A unique wheat pasted photograph onto found wood by American conceptual artist Max Collins (b.1988). This work was featured in a unique exhibition curated...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Found Objects, Photographic Paper

"Vintage Alarm Clock in Custom Vinyl Slipcover"
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism a...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Mouse and Chair (Color), Etching 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

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Mujo Gold
Located in Paris, IDF
Cardboard, gold leaf, gilder’s bole This work was created for an exhibit as part of the artistic unit SHIKŌ, a collaborative effort between sculptors Kanji Hasegawa, Isaji Yugo, and...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

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...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

"Untitled 2.18" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2.18" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A do...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Composition I, Conceptual Mixed Media Painting by Ruperto Cabrera
By Ruperto Cabrera
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ruperto Cabrera (Spanish 1960 - ) Title: Composition I Year: 1999 Medium: Oil, Silkscreen, Zund UV Jet Print on Canvas, Signed verso Size: 32 x 39 in. (81.28 x 99.06 cm)
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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Dollmaker, Etching by Donald Saff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dollmaker Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: circa 1980 Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Construction Drawing IV
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...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Anguish & Resignation 80
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The choice of pink for the stones is deliberate, emphasizing that this is not a naturalistic depiction. Ortega begins his paintings on a magenta base—a color that does not exist natu...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

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...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plastic, LED Light, Putty

Vertical Phythms #2 Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Vertical Phythms - Animal Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil

Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Mixed Media Painting by Anton Solomoukha
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anton Solomoukha, Russian (1945 - ) Title: Yoko Ono and John Lennon Year: 1990 Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size:...
Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil

Avant Garde Rhinoceros Sculpture, "Rhino Reliquary"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original artwork by local San Diego artist, Ron Carlson. This sculpture has a rhino at the top and depicts rhino skulls within the container. This reliquary s...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Ceramic

Tree Abstract, Serigraph by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Tree in Tree Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 125 Size: 41 x 30 in. (104.14 x 76....
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Zebra, Etching by Donald Saff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Zebra Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: 1980 Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 50 Image Size: 24 x 18.5 inches Size: 39 in. x 27.5 in. (99.06 cm x 69.85 cm)
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching

Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Last Book of Life. (Photos from a dinner of Richard Nixon’s with Chou En Lai’s various views of Chinese chopsticks) Photograph etchings Printed on Stone...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Photogravure

Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture Poodle Purple Dog Animal Bethany Krull
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original hand built porcelain and paper sculpture by contemporary conceptual American artist Bethany Krull.
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Porcelain

Abysmal, 2021 Contemporary digital print
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Style: Contemporary, Modern, Conceptual Small study for the series “Rare Earth"
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

"Meander" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

Jo Yarrington, Ghost Girls_Brushes, 2017, Organic Material, Found Objects, Pins
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 Art

Materials

Organic Material, Found Objects, Pins

False Diamonds - Original Photolithograph by M. Schumacher - 1998
Located in Roma, IT
False Diamonds is a beautiful color photographic print realized by the German artist Martina Schumacher (1972-) in 1998. Dye transfer. Hand-signed, numbered, dated and titled in pen...
Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photogravure

1980 Ugo La Pietra Figurative Portrait Pink Laquered Aluminum
Located in Brescia, IT
Ugo La Pietra is an Italian artist, architect, designer and philosophy. Since 1960 he created the fundamental of European artistic tendancy as founder of various art groups such as Global Tool, Radical Design...
Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

Riggs Library I, Washington DC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Riggs Library Washington DC 57 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 68 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 79.8 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Toucan (Color), Etching by Donald Saff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Toucan (Color) Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: 1980 Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 50 Image Size: 24 x 18.5 inches Size: 39 in. x 27.5 in. (99.06 cm x ...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"We Are The Ones" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for comm...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

Alkyd Enamel Oil Painting Half A Thought Cut Panel Wall Hanging Modern Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil-based alkyd enamel on plywood panel with cuts. this is a cut plywood wall relief sculpture with paint on it. This has an architectural quality to it. Peter Wegner (born 1963) i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Enamel

Grand Opening, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

"Breathe" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal, Steel

Cecilia Arrospide - COLLAGE VII, Collage 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Paper Collage Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She then worked wit...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper

The Long Room IV, Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the The Long Room, an awe-inspiring vista into the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. The vaulted ceiling arches above, while below a warm, golden light fills the room, illuminating bookshelves and cultural artifacts. The room is flanked by white marble busts of philosophers, writers, and great minds who have shaped the intellectual landscape of the Western world, adding a sense of gravitas and continuity to the space, and bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of aged brown wood, leather and gilt. Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunning symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale. Housing about 150,000 volumes, this library is not only the largest in Görlitz, but also the most significant regional library between Dresden and Wrocław. Rich in history, it stands at the crossroads of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, serving as a beacon for historical research and knowledge transfer in the region. Lit by a warm, timeless glow, the scene leads you through multiple carved archways of antique wood, along well-trodden wooden floors, a testament to the intersection of history, knowledge, and architectural elegance. Established in 1779 by twenty representatives from Görlitz's educated bourgeoisie and enlightened nobility, this library is a symbol of the Enlightenment movement, focusing on human reason and research across all fields of study. Today, it's open to the public and widely regarded as one of the most spectacular libraries globally. Görner's photography celebrates libraries as both shelters and places of escape. This particular photograph is part of his quest to explore the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world. Görner aims to convey how architects play with shadows, light, proportions, and rhythms to create spaces that breathe beauty and silence. Starting from his work with architect Sir Norman Foster in 2005, Görner has meticulously documented libraries' cathedral-like atmospheres across the globe. His photographs seek to convey the impact of architecture on our awareness of life, showcasing spaces that tell stories and refer to a time when aesthetics and spatial awareness were intertwined. Embrace the tranquility and beauty encapsulated in Görner's art and allow it to transport you to the grand arches and timeless serenity of The Long Room, Trinity College Library. Perfect for art collectors, architecture enthusiasts, and advocates of intellectual history, this piece serves as a gateway to explore the spirit of great builders through Görner's distinctive lens. 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms. An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge. "Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Chinatown Portfolio #1, 97/250
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Chryssa (Greek, born 1933) Chinatown Portfolio #1 Year: 1978 Medium: Screenprint on wove paper Signed in pencil and numbered 97/250 Edition: 250 Dimension: 38 1/4 x 31 1/4i...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Cadenza by Gina Soden, Photographer, Photography, Documentary
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Digital Pigment

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 1, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Located in Darien, CT
Jo Yarrington’s photographs, prints, works on paper, glass sculptures and architecturally-based installations have been shown in exhibitions at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Yale University, Cornell University, the Museum of Glass, the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Artists Space, St. John the Divine Cathedral, Grounds for Sculpture, the Museum of American Glass and ODETTA, among others. International exhibitions have included Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow University, Galeria Sala Uno and Centro de las Artes de Guanajuato. She represented the United States at the Sharjah Biennial, United Arab Emirates and participated in the Berlin Biennial. in 2010 she received the Bronze Prize, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. Yarrington is a recipient of artist grants and Fellowships from the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. She has received Residency Fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Museum of Glass, the Museum of American Glass, the Bridge Virtual Residency/ SciArt Center, the Lucile Walton Fellow/Mountain Lake Biological Station, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, the Anderson Center and the Ucross Foundation, among others. International grants and fellowships have included the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity/Canada, SIMS Residency/ Iceland, Cill Rialaig Artists Residency/Ireland, the Burren College of Art Residency/Ireland and the American Scandinavian Foundation. She is a Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University and lives and works in New York City. STATEMENT In site-specific exhibitions, public art commissions, collaborative and individual projects Jo Yarrington has used varied combinations of glass, waxed surfaces, found artifacts and experimental analog photography to investigate the way we perceive – searching for, experimenting with and developing throughout a sensory-based vernacular. Her mostly translucent materials function as physical framework and symbolic membrane. Light, both natural and ambient, provides a kinetic or time-based element to her work. Scale and the integration of architecture are also pivotal components. In the 6-part installation for the two-person exhibition Illuminated, Yarrington continues her interest in the connections between vision, sound and language. In Mute-ability: Compositions 1 – 6, her title for this light-based comprehensive work, she combines the words mute and malleability. The work focuses on found piano rolls, a music storage medium, originally conceived as coded notations or ‘note control data’ for music produced in pneumatic player pianos...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Steel

Iain Baxter& "Recovering Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with music record or disc in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist. For over forty years, Baxter& has continually produced works that question the role of art as commodity and as a medium for cultural commentary. Among his many innovations, Baxter& was the first artist to adopt a corporate persona: in 1966, he formed the N.E. Thing Company. NETCO output ranged from conceptual, satirical, vacuum-formed still lives to post-modern appropriations of famous artworks. His recent work includes neon signs, ‘animal preserves’, a grocery cart of ‘GMO’s’ (genetically modified organisms) and installations using obsolete technology.) He is a painter, photographer, sculptor, mixed media artist, installationist, film & video maker, interventionist & performance artist who has been a forerunner of conceptual art in Canada. BAXTER& has been considered the Marshall McLuhan of Visual Arts in Canada. Continuous themes in his work include information technology, landscape, art as commodity, & environmental & ecological concerns. These prominent themes throughout BAXTER&‘s work are often met with wit, parody, satire & word-play. Through his art, teaching, and mentorship, BAXTER& has widely influenced Canadian art, creating new movements such as the Vancouver School of Photo-conceptualism and blurring the lines between private and public through his N.E. Thing Co. among many other impactful projects. He has also directly influenced major Canadian artists, including Stan Douglas, Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall, Roy Arden, Ken Lum and Rodney Graham. BAXTER& has exhibited throughout Canada and internationally in the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Europe including at the Guggenheim New York, The National Gallery of Canada & the Canadian Cultural Center in Paris, France, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York & the Tate Modern, London. In 2011, BAXTER&’s work was compiled into a major retrospective IAIN BAXTER&: 1958--‐2011, organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario & The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. His work can be found in collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Vancouver Art Gallery, the F.R.A.C Art Museum in Bretagne, France, the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, The Netherlands, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, & the Tate Modern, London. He is a Member of the Royal Canadian Academy. His work was included in the seminal Made of Plastic show that included Abe Ajay...
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20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Shiko 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Lego, bayberry wood, discarded wood, copper wire, cashew lacquer, gold leaf, dried leaves This collaborative work, which began with a common interest in Buddhism, explored the idea of expressing the sacred within everyday life. As artist and Zen monk...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plastic, Driftwood, Wood, Lacquer

Window. Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm
By Elga Grinvalde
Located in Riga, LV
Window. Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm Elga Grinvalde ”ellgrii” Born in Valka (Latvia) 1966 Education: 1982-1986 Riga Applied Art College,Latvia department of glasswork desig. 1994-1998...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Death Ramp", 1978, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Death Ramp Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Liberalitas, Duke Humfreys Library, Oxford, England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Liberalitas Duke Humfrey's Library Oxford 50 x 40 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 87.5 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Elephant (Color), Etching by Donald Saff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Elephant (Color) Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: 1980 Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 50 Image Size: 24 x 18.5 inches Size: 39 in. x 27.5 in. (99.06 cm ...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Action Figure, Etching by Donald Saff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Action Figure Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: 1980 Etching with Aquatint, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 50 Image Size: 18 x 15 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 5...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching

Conceptual Collage, "In Search Of Enlightenment 1"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original conceptual paper collage by Southern California artist, May-Ling Martinez. It is framed as pictured. Its dimensions are 20"x27.5". A certificate of a...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper

City 364, Serigraph by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 364 Year: circa 1971 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 25 x 20 inches Size: 2...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Contemporary Porcelain Sculpture White Skull Animal Bethany Krull Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original sculptural installation by contemporary conceptual American artist Bethany Krull. This work titled The Swamp features a series of individual concrete cups each with a se...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Porcelain

Meeting II. Oil on canvas, 85x84.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting II Oil on canvas, 85x84.5 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate ...
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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Isabelle Carbonell "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Iconic Wizard of Oz Set of Four
Located in Detroit, MI
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" is one of a set of four digital prints whose titles were inspired by the iconic film The Wizard of Oz starring ...
Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Attention Take Note" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

"How Far To Now" - Contemporary Street Art Sculptures
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for comm...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

A Naturalist Cyanotype on Cotton Sateen, "Polyphony"
Located in San Diego, CA
A 24" x 30" Naturalist Cyanotype on Cotton Sateen mounted on Wood Panel. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery. Neil’s cyanotype and watercolo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

MIxed Media Conceptual Art Sculpture Drawing Human Rights Welded Iron
By Francoise Schein
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large sculpture and also includes an artist custom framed silkscreen with extensive handwork titled Line of Time, pencil signed and inscribed, presented in heavy metal and wooden frame (framed piece 24.5 x 30 in., sculpture piece is about 94 X 11 inches) Francoise Schein is a visual artist, trained as an architect - urban planner; She also teaches art at the ESAM Higher School of Arts and Media in Caen in Normandy . She is the founder of the INSCRIRE Association. In 2016, she was elected member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts and Fine Arts of Belgium. Group Exhibitions Spain: 2016, The "5Contemporary" Paris gallery presented a group show at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Genalguacil, Spain. The show included important artists such as Françoise Schein, Mimouni and Pedro Castrortega. Born in Brussels , Françoise Schein left Belgium after studying architecture at the higher institute of architecture of the French community - La Cambre where she wrote her thesis on fundamental rights, then studied urban design at the Columbia University in the City of New York . She lived 11 years in New York where she begins a work on cartography territories. Subway map Floating on NY Sidewalk is his first monumental urban sculpture located at 110 Greene Street in SoHo (1985). At that time her works are abstract landscapes of cities, made up of networks, lines, trajectories, territories, founding texts and stories. They are constructed of very diverse materials and light. Returning back to Europe in 1989, she continues to work on what she calls her drawings-laboratories while beginning to integrate works in cities on civic themes, the main ones: at the Concorde metro station in Paris in 1991 and then in Brussels, Saint-Gilles , in 1992, these two projects took her to Lisbon in 1993 where she lived for five years and produced two monumental works (in azulejos) for the city of Lisbon at Parque metro station ( 1994) and another for the city of Stockholm at the Universitetet station (1998). She continues to travel to cities where she builds successively projects in Haifa , on the facade of the Beth Hagefen Jewish-Arab Cultural Center with Michel Butor (1994). Then she lives in Berlin where she builds the Westhafen station (2000) which takes her to Bremen to make her first human rights park, Rhododendronpark (2002). In 2005, she made the monumental Time Zone Clock in Coventry in 2005. Since 1999, she has also settled in Rio de Janeiro and initiated participatory artistic projects with the underprivileged population of the favelas . Since then, with the help of a locally trained team, many projects have been carried out, including one in Copacabana and more than 20 in different favelas (from 1999 to 2016). These works transformed the Rio workshop into sustainable development for the people who invested it. In Sao Paulo, since 2009, Françoise Schein has produced a monumental work with the participation of 1000 young people from the favela schools at Luz subway station. Her work is monumental recalling the works of Christo, Maria Dompe, Christian Boltanski, Anish Kapoor, Ai Wei Wei...
Category

Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Iron

Jennifer W. Reeves "Untitled" Abstract Iconic Striped Form
By Jennifer Wynne Reeves
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Jennifer's "Untitled" piece appears to be a landscape with a colorful stripped form arising out of the grasses. It is an iconic image that she incorporates into her work. The following excerpt from her Artist Statement best describes her feeling about it: I stopped the slug imagery and started making purely abstract paintings. Eventually, abstract lines and forms evolved into “characters.” They lived in landscapes of a realistic sort. They were abstractions on a representational journey. It occurred to me that they were the slugs. I thought they had gone but they hadn’t. It occurred to me that they were the slugs. I thought they had gone but they hadn’t. They were the slugs transformed. Evolved slugs and broken out from their cocoons. They had become abstract “butterflies.” Jennifer Wynne Reeves was known for creating a body of paintings, drawings and photographs that speak to and confront formalist and humanist dilemmas. Beyond her achievements in the art world, Reeves enjoyed a considerable fan-base as a result of her astonishing Facebook presence where she chronicled and interwove her art and diaristic prose. Reeves solo exhibitions included Art & Public in Geneva, Gian Enzo Sperone in Rome; Max Protetch, Ramis Barquet and BravinLee programs, NYC. Reeves was also celebrated for her writing. She produced a graphic novel, The Anyway Ember and Soul Bolt, a book of images and prose. “Profoundly rewarding works” said LA Times writer, David Pagel, in a review her 2015 exhibition at CB1 Gallery. Reeves is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow recipient. The following is an artist’s statement about her theory off work: “Twenty years ago, I called them slugs. In the beginning, they were like long lumps without arms or legs. Powerless. Difficult. Paralyzed. I thought maybe they were the symbols of sloth or depression or fear. They didn’t do anything. I wondered if I should stop making them? They were not beautiful. Nobody liked them. Nobody wanted to look at them. They were repellent and, worse, they were funny. I hated that. I wanted to be a “serious” artist. I was conflicted. I had to make the images that came to me but I was embarrassed. Maybe it wasn’t a fancy path but painting slugs was more honest than painting flowers (nothing against flower paintings, mind you). It came down to a moral choice. So, I determined to follow the slug road. Maybe it was a road that led somewhere? Or maybe not. After several years, I thought I hit a dead-end. I stopped the slug imagery and started making purely abstract paintings. Eventually, abstract lines and forms evolved into “characters.” They lived in landscapes of a realistic sort. They were abstractions on a representational journey. It occurred to me that they were the slugs. I thought they had gone but they hadn’t. It occurred to me that they were the slugs. I thought they had gone but they hadn’t. They were the slugs transformed. Evolved slugs and broken out from their cocoons. They had become abstract “butterflies.” Little kids liked them. I hated that. I wanted to be a “serious” artist. I’m not sure, exactly, who they are. They could be our conscience, our psychology, or simply the part inside us that yearns. They could be artists, modernists or the first of “us” that crawled out of the ocean. My best hunch is they are whatever it is that makes us want to make. I hope that’s a good thing and beautiful and seriously funny. Whatever the case, I’d like to know what it’s all about.” Jennifer Reeves...
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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Large Oil and Mixed Media Abstract Painting "Turquoise Tunnel"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. He is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Varnish, House Paint, Oil, Board

Construction Drawing
Located in Kansas City, MO
“Construction Drawing I”, 1973 Dimensions : 19″ x 23.5″ Signed by the artist, Edition 16/75 Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist...
Category

1960s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Four Color Quartets, Abstract Lithograph by Mel Bochner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mel Bochner, American (1940 - ) Title: Four Color Quartets Year: 1990 Medium: Four Lithographs, signed and numbered verso Edition: 8/35 Overall Size...
Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cat, Bird and Woman Lithograph #1 by Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (Corneille)
Located in Pasadena, CA
This lithograph, numbered 49/200, dated 99, and signed on the right bottom is presented in its original silvered frame with an intact label on the reverse. It showcases Corneille's u...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Anguish & Resignation 85
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The choice of pink for the stones is deliberate, emphasizing that this is not a naturalistic depiction. Ortega begins his paintings on a magenta base—a color that does not exist natu...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

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