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.
Honour II, Conceptual Hand-Colored Monoprint Screenprint by Rebecca Baird
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rebecca Baird, Canadian (1954 - ) - Honour II, Year: 2003, Medium: Monoprint screenprint with hand coloring, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 1/1, Image Size: 29 x ...
Monoprint, Screen
$700
Peace III , Conceptual Lithograph and Screenprint collage by Komar & Melamid
Located in Long Island City, NY
Komar and Melamid (Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid), Russian (1943/5 - ) - Peace III, Year: 1986, Medium: Lithograph and screenprint collage on BFK Rives, signed, numbered and d...
Lithograph, Screen
Diamond Brooch Series 1, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 1, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 8, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 8, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 3, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 3, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 2, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 2, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 4, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 4, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 5, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 5, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 7, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 7, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Diamond Brooch Series 10, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 10, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inche...
Etching
$1,400
Standing up for the people, Conceptual Hand-Colored Screenprint by Rebecca Baird
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rebecca Baird, Canadian (1954 - ) - Standing up for the people, Year: 2003, Medium: Monoprint screenprint with hand coloring, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 1/1, I...
Monoprint, Screen
Diamond Brooch Series 9, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Diamond Brooch Series 9, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches...
Etching
Large Wood Wall Sculpture: "Salvia"
Located in New York, NY
Eiferman invite’s you to immerse yourself in a world where transformed shapes, lines, and colors are all crafted out of nature's detritus. The inspiration for her drawings come from ...
Wood, Mixed Media
SEARCHING FOR A PORTAL - Twilight Living Chromogenic Print, Black, White
By Sarah Hobbs
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This C-Print by Sarah Hobbs is part of a series included in her show "Twilight Living," at Channel to Channel. In this photograph, an electric box with several protruding wires is ce...
C Print
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
$956Sale Price|20% Off
LeWitt, Composition, Ficciones (after)
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Southampton, NY
Silkscreen on vélin Saunders Waterford, St Cuthberts Mill paper. Paper Size: 8 x 7.625 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Ficciones, 1984...
Screen
Terry O'Neill - Roger Moore as James Bond, Photography 1970, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
British actor Roger Moore poses with a gun as James Bond. Publicity shot from 1973, for his first Bond movie: Live and Let Die. It's the only time Bond used ...
Silver Gelatin
"Un muro di parole, poi? un sogno!", M.t. on wood, 32x30 cm
Located in Milano, MI
In this work, Corrado Ferrante stages a poetic short circuit between surface and depth. The wall—compact, rough, almost silent—is pierced by an irregular tear that reveals pages of t...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
$900Sale Price|50% Off
Chinatown Portfolio #9, 97/250
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
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...
Screen
L.I.C. (Blue) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
L.I.C. (Blue) (Abstract painting) Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. L.I.C refers to Long Island City where Soriano currently has his studio. This drawing focuses of objects and elements within it, in particular the remnants of old closets...
Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Color Theory 2022 Contemporary collage
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Style: Contemporary, Modern, Conceptual The artwork is an assembly of art fundamental theories in juxtaposition with patterns, shapes and archival digital prints illustrating phenome...
Fabric, Plywood, Paint, Paper, Digital
Biblioteca del Duca D'Aumale Terrasini
Located in New York, NY
The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how his architectural subject matter allows him to control the composition of his image. For many years he has photographed ...
C Print
Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Psychiatric Observation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP - Edition 1/6 This new series titled Neurosis bring...
Archival Pigment, Paper
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2246
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Inkjet print of digtial photgraph on Kakejikuya kozo washi with origami backing paper Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 199...
Paper, Mixed Media, Inkjet
Fingerprint-pinned sneakers: "Fingerprint-pinned Racing Spikes"
By Valerie Huhn
Located in New York, NY
Material: Racing spikes, ink, acetate, pins This piece traces Huhn’s journey back to the freedom she discovered when she fled a psychiatric hospital in Pennsylvania and ran, literal...
Ink, Mixed Media
Panel C - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Panel C - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP - Edition 1/6 This new series titled Neuros...
Archival Pigment, Paper
Panel A - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Panel A - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP - Edition 1/6 This new series titled Neuros...
Archival Pigment, Paper
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
II. Marvellous Unconsciousness (Abstract photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a...
Archival Pigment, Paper
$1,850
"Untitled 1.20" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.20" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
$2,350
"Untitled 1.17" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.17" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
III. Deceit of language
Located in London, GB
Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. This abstract work is part of the series titled Dichotomy of a Human Brain. It was created by combining fragments o...
Archival Pigment, Paper
Dis, Un, Contra, Conceptual Lithograph by Dimitri Petrov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dimitri Petrov, American (1919 - 1986) - Dis, Un, Contra, Year: 1976, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 99, Image Size: 16 x 24 inches, Size: 22.5 x 3...
Lithograph
$7,000
#12 from Ruven Afanador "Sombra" series, silver gelatin print, artist proof
Located in New York, NY
Untitled #12 from Ruven Afanador "Sombra" series, silver gelatin print, artist print. This work is featured in Afanador's 2004 book 'Sombra" which combines elegant, erotic portraits...
Silver Gelatin
Ellen Hackl Fagan, ColorSoundGrammar_3 2010, Abstraction, Meditative
Located in Darien, CT
Inviting the accidental while painting, the artist's materials continue to reveal limitless possibilities for improvisation, like jazz music. Influenced by scientific theories-both real and imagined, kitsch, music, decorative art and indigenous textiles, Fagan's abstract paintings and interactive performance build connections between color and surface to sound. This exploration has led to creating a series of interactive games with viewers, the most recent being The Alphabet Game. To play, viewers select, from colored squares, the color(s) that best represent each note in the familiar ABC Song melody. Through these playful interventions their thoughts about color and music are explored in-depth. Documenting their responses in the form of photographs and notes in journals, Fagan has compiled the results of fifteen artists who played the Alphabet Game during a lecture on color where the artist was the guest presenter in order to create this particular painting. Fagan distilled the data gathered and painted this visualization of a color/sound alphabet based on the colors selected by this artist's group. These alphabet paintings introduce a wonderful completion to this pseudo-scientific investigation and celebrate painting...
Enamel
$1,850
"Untitled 1.15" Photography 16' x 24' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.15" 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...
Digital Pigment
Berlin
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Old & Master 88: Oil Painting on Linen, Conceptual Style, Framed, 2010+
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...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Anguish & Resignation 86: Conceptual Oil on Canvas, Framed, 2010+
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...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Anguish & Resignation 85: Conceptual Oil Painting on Canvas, 2010+
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...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Anguish & Resignation 83: Conceptual Oil Painting on Linen, 2010+
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...
Linen, Oil
Anguish & Resignation 82: Conceptual Oil Painting on Linen, 2010+
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...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Anguish & Resignation 80: Conceptual Oil Painting on Linen, 2010+
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...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Watch Series 9, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 9, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
Watch Series 7, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 7, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
Watch Series 6, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 6, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
Watch Series 4, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 4, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
Watch Series 3, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 3, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
Watch Series 11, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 11, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, ...
Etching
Watch Series 2, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 2, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, S...
Etching
Watch Series 10, Conceptual Color Etching by Les Levine
By Les Levine
Located in Long Island City, NY
Les Levine, Irish/American (1935 - ) - Watch Series 10, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Color Etching, Signed and Numbered in red pencil, Edition: 2/100, Image Size: 18 x 11.5 inches, ...
Etching