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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
Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph  vintage poster
Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph  vintage poster

Original Cordial Topaze Bordeaux red wine, 1924 lithograph vintage poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original French poster: CORDIAL TOPAZE; Marie Brizard & Roger Bordeaux wine; original lithographic French 1924 antique poster. Signed but an illegible signature. Size: 18" x 24"...

Category

1920s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Upright Impression Oil Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century
Upright Impression Oil Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century

Upright Impression Oil Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Upright Impression" by John Ali captures the innocence, resilience, and curiosity of youth through the portrayal of a young girl. In this captivating artwork, the girl stands tall a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Poolscape #71 Limited Edition Chromogenic Photographic Print

Poolscape #71 Limited Edition Chromogenic Photographic Print

By Karine Laval

Located in Brighton, GB

Poolscape #71 is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval. Limited Edition of 9 In her series Poolscapes, Karine Laval preempts the series she would ...

Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

HOPE - 4 conceptual still life photographs spelling motivational word
HOPE - 4 conceptual still life photographs spelling motivational word

HOPE - 4 conceptual still life photographs spelling motivational word

By Christian Stoll

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale conceptual environmental still life photographs playing with viewer's perspective creating individual letters from found objects spelling the word HOPE H-O-P-E by Christ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

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

Materials

C Print, Color, Polaroid, Photographic Paper

Clouds and Early Moon
Clouds and Early Moon

Clouds and Early Moon

By Greg Decker

Located in Atlanta, GA

Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminium comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomise...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

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...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

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

Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph

Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph

By Elisabeth Montagnier

Located in Surfside, FL

Genre: Contemporary Subject: Landscape Medium: Photograph Country: France 16 X 22.5 without frame Animalia, Insect Butterfly Photograph Élisabeth Montagnier was born in Algeria. S...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Color

Contemporary Giclée Photo of Modern Still Life, Tableware Figures on Pink & Blue
Contemporary Giclée Photo of Modern Still Life, Tableware Figures on Pink & Blue

Contemporary Giclée Photo of Modern Still Life, Tableware Figures on Pink & Blue

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...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Giclée

Haystack, After Monet #3 (Pictures of Color)
Haystack, After Monet #3 (Pictures of Color)

Haystack, After Monet #3 (Pictures of Color)

By Vik Muniz

Located in Greenwich, CT

Haystack, After Monet #3 was created by Vik Muniz for his 'Pictures of Color' series. The art is 47.5 x 67 inches and the framed size is 52.25 x 72.5 inches. There is a label on the verso with the artist's signature and edition number AP 1/5. From the total edition of 15 of which there were 10 Arabics and 5 APs. Framed in the original artist's frame. Literature: Pedro Corrêa do Lago, Vik Muniz: Obra Completa 1987-2009, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, pg.456. Vik Muniz — Haystack, After Monet #3 (from Pictures of Color) Vik Muniz’s Pictures of Color series stands at a pivotal moment in the evolution of visual culture. Conceived for the Venice Biennale, the series responds to the year when digital cameras first outsold film cameras worldwide, a symbolic tipping point in how images are made, shared, and believed. While exploring Venice’s long tradition of mosaic art, Muniz recognized a striking parallel between ancient mosaics and the emerging digital pixel: both construct images from countless discrete units, inviting viewers to experience perception as an assembly of parts. In Pictures of Color, Muniz replaces the pixel with a tactile, analog counterpart: Pantone color chips. Each work is composed of thousands of hand-placed squares, arranged with meticulous precision to form images that appear crisp and cohesive at a distance. As the viewer approaches, the illusion dissolves into grids of pure color. This oscillation between clarity and fragmentation, between image and code, lies at the heart of the series. Muniz reveals the mechanics behind seeing in the digital age, prompting the viewer to consider how images are built, translated, and trusted. Within this broader project, Muniz created a subseries dedicated to reinterpreting Monet’s iconic haystacks. Monet’s original paintings...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, C Print

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)

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Blown Glass

The Farm
The Farm

The Farm

By Greg Decker

Located in Atlanta, GA

Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminium comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomise...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

Vintage Untitled Beach Scene, 1987
Vintage Untitled Beach Scene, 1987

Vintage Untitled Beach Scene, 1987

By David LaChapelle

Located in Surfside, FL

Please ignore the glare on the glass. Rare, early, signed and dated (verso) 1987 vintage silver gelatin print. this is one of a kind and not editioned according to correspondence I h...

Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ali (Moroccan White)
Ali (Moroccan White)

Ali (Moroccan White)

By Russell Young

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Russell Young (1959) Ali, (2023) Acrylic and enamel screenprint on linen with diamond dust 36 x 27.5 in (91.4 x 69.8 cm) Signed, dated, and marked with the artist's archive number o...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Linen, Screen

Biblioteca Gambalunga I, Rimini, Italy

Biblioteca Gambalunga I, Rimini, Italy

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Biblioteca Gambalunga I Rimini, Italy 2022 In this photograph, a series of echoing doors serve as a portal into the interior of the Biblioteca Gambalunga in Rimini, Italy. One of ...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

The Kaddish, Conceptual Screenprint Monoprint by Unknown Artist
The Kaddish, Conceptual Screenprint Monoprint by Unknown Artist

The Kaddish, Conceptual Screenprint Monoprint by Unknown Artist

Located in Long Island City, NY

Unknown Artist - The Kaddish, Medium: Screenprint Monoprint, signed in ink lower right, Size: 44 x 30.25 in. (111.76 x 76.84 cm)

Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Monoprint, Screen

Delicate Ecosystem, Conceptual Etching by Mel Chin
Delicate Ecosystem, Conceptual Etching by Mel Chin

Delicate Ecosystem, Conceptual Etching by Mel Chin

By Mel Chin

Located in Long Island City, NY

This thought-provoking 1996 etching by Mel Chin exemplifies Contemporary Conceptual Art’s engagement with environmental themes and ecological awareness. Chin’s intricate composition ...

Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe
Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe

Found Object Wall Sculpture/Relief by Gertie Lowe

By Gertie Lowe

Located in Long Island City, NY

Wall sculpture assemblage by Gertie Lowe, from 1978, is a conceptual abstract with everyday objects. Muted neutral tones are contrasted with vibrant accents. Signed and dated verso...

Category

1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Christo, 5600 Cubicmeter Package (Monuments) - Signed Print
Christo, 5600 Cubicmeter Package (Monuments) - Signed Print

Christo, 5600 Cubicmeter Package (Monuments) - Signed Print

By Christo

Located in Hamburg, DE

Christo (American-Bulgarian, b. 1935) 5600 Cubicmeter Package (from Monuments), 1968 Medium: Offset lithograph on Bristol board Dimensions: 70 × 54.5 cm (27 3/5 × 21 1/2 in) Edition ...

Category

19th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Offset

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Barcelona, CT

the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Ink

Colored Columns III: Neue Museum, Berlin

Colored Columns III: Neue Museum, Berlin

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

New Museum, Berlin 3 sizes 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 10 75 x 60 inches ed. of 5 87.5 x 70 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actua...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

Reinhard Görner, Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin
Reinhard Görner, Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin

Reinhard Görner, Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 5 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görne...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)
Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)

Reversal Grey Marilyn (Pictures of Diamond Dust)

By Vik Muniz

Located in Greenwich, CT

Reversal Grey Marilyn was created by Vik Muniz for his 'Pictures of Diamond Dust' series in 2003. The art is 55 x 49 inches and the framed size is 57.75 x 51.25 inches. There is a la...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, C Print

Latin American Art Ink Drawing Mario Perez Sentimental Argentina Modernist
Latin American Art Ink Drawing Mario Perez Sentimental Argentina Modernist

Latin American Art Ink Drawing Mario Perez Sentimental Argentina Modernist

By Mario Perez

Located in Surfside, FL

Mario Segundo Perez Argentine, 1960–2018 Sentimental Ink on Paper Dimensions: 7.5 X 9.75 with frame. sheet is 5 X 7 Does not appear to be signed on front (not examined out of frame. might be signed verso) Provenance: The Estate of Theodore A Bonin (Ted Bonin was a principal in Alexander and Bonin, a New York gallery known for its diverse slate of conceptual artists. He started at Marlborough gallery London in the 60s, then in partnership with Brooke Alexander. In its stable were a host of esteemed artists: Willie Cole, Rita McBride, John Ahearn, Paul Thek, Doris Salcedo, Eugenio Dittborn, Dalton Paula, and Rigoberto Torres, Mona Hatoum and Emily Jacir.) Mario Pérez was born in San Juan, Argentina in 1960. The second of seven children, and the son of a housepainter. He obtained his degree in Visual Arts at Universidad Nacional de San Juan in Argentina. A draughtsman and painter. His style was magic realist or fantastic realism In 2003, Pérez was the recipient of a Pollock Krasner Foundation grant, one of his greatest achievements. He also had the honor of being part of the National Exhibition “200 Years-200 Masters of Argentinean Art”, commemorating the country’s bicentennial. Mario has won international distinctions such as the Cecilia Grierson Award at the Salón Nacional de Pintura in La Plata in 1992; the Marco A. Roca Award at the Salón Pro-Arte, Córdoba, also in 1992; and the first prize in the LXXXVIII Salón Nacional de Pintura in Buenos Aires in 1999. His art often features tiny figures in immense landscapes, and unique backgrounds. It has elements of Conceptual art. His work has been regularly featured in leading auction houses like Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York, and private and public collections. The magic realism of Mario Segundo Pérez is characteristic of a chiefly Latin-American concept in painting, literature and film that incorporates fantastic or mythical elements into an otherwise realistic scenario. Coined in the 1940s by Cuban novelist Alejo Carpentier, the term often is used when referring to the Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Márquez, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. Influences include Frida Kahlo and George Tooker. He was in shows with Ana Fabry and Eduardo Esquivel. Paintings by Pérez are included in numerous private and public collections, including the Ciudad Casa de Gobierno (the Buenos Aires City Hall); the University of Miami School of Architecture, and the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA) at Florida International University. He has been in shows with Juan Cardenas, Anna Mercedes Hoyos, Ignacio Iturria, Alejandro Obregon, Domingo Ravenet, Arnaldo Roche, Edgar Negret, Fidelio Ponce de Leon, Ricardo Martinez, Damian Gonzalez, Jorge Jimenez Deredia, Victor...

Category

20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Cast Aside 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Africa Modern Woman
Cast Aside 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Africa Modern Woman

Cast Aside 2 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Africa Modern Woman

By Michael Adetula

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

The inspiration for this work was gotten from the view of some African parents, most of our African parents believe that earrings and dreadlocks are meant for ladies and when they ha...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

In rhythm
In rhythm

In rhythm

By Nina Fedotova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This minimalist surrealist painting explores rhythm and movement through color and form. On a light blue background — symbolizing space and clarity — thin vertical red stripes occupy...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fritz Horstman, Formwork for Branching Stream, 2017, Wood, Walnut
Fritz Horstman, Formwork for Branching Stream, 2017, Wood, Walnut

Fritz Horstman, Formwork for Branching Stream, 2017, Wood, Walnut

By Fritz Horstman

Located in Darien, CT

While working on a large building project several years ago the artist, Fritz Horstman was struck by the poetry in the unfinished state of the construction site. He was drawn specifically to the space between the plywood walls that were raised as formworks for the pouring of cement. That space could only exist for a few hours before the cement truck...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Wood, Walnut

Conceptual art for sale on 1stDibs.

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.