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
Surreal to Conceptual Distortion Color Walls With Post-hospital Bathtub Photo
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Rosenthal’s Conceptual Photography is a concrete manifestation of complex inner stresses from external realities of all kinds: physical, familial, political, religious, time, space and relentless travel. Rosenthal begins by shooting surreal photographs in a kind of trance-state. She believes that the resultant images, and the Conceptual Distortions created from them, reveal elements of both her particular personality and psychological states, and reach the same in the viewers’ own. In artist’s own words: “I gave myself a camera and promised not to interfere.”
During this decade of relentless exhibition and travel, Rosenthal has been shooting several hundred rolls of color and BW 35mm film with analog Olympus OM...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Water Music Series #5023 : landscape photography
Located in New York, NY
Landscape photography by fine art and documentary photographer Holly Gordon.
Holly Gordon is one of the many treasures that Long Island has to offer, co...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Certificate, from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving
Located in London, GB
Etching on paper, 1962/64, signed and numbered E.A. from the edition of 60, printed by Atelier Georges Leblanc, Paris, published by Galleria Schwarz, Milan, 25.2 x 19.2 cm. (9.9 x 7.6 in.)
Various Artists with George Brecht...
Category
1960s Conceptual Art
Materials
Etching
Reginald and Perrin 24
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Reginald and Perrin 26
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
El Grito De La Gitana, from Corazon Sagrado series by Delilah Montoya, 1993
Located in Denton, TX
This image is a collotype print from Delilah Montoya's series, Corazon Sagrado, and is edition 1/1. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin by Delilah Montoya.
This collotype print features a woman in a dress dancing in front of a backdrop on a checkered floor...
Category
1990s Conceptual Art
Materials
Other Medium
Without innocence how can there be wisdom, from Corazon Sagrado series
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 1/1
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print margin.
Collotype print
Category
1990s Conceptual Art
Materials
Other Medium
Weather Project, Evening of the Sandstorm
Located in Natchez, MS
This stunning work by Louise Feneley is somehow both abstract and figurative. Is it a pearl or a glowing ball of light? It's hard to tell. The light, co...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Canyon Whisper - Other sizes available
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Nature shot. In a canyon. Black and white.
About the artist:
Mital Patel is an internationally recognized nature and wildlife photographer who focuses on capturing bea...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
De la serie aglomeraciones
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#draw #scketch #pencil #frame #box
Por un lado está el diario de lo que ha estado sucediendo durante los últimos meses alrededor del mundo. De pequeño formato, los dibujos muestran e...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
De la serie aglomeraciones _04
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#draw #scketch #pencil #frame #box
Por un lado está el diario de lo que ha estado sucediendo durante los últimos meses alrededor del mundo. De pequeño formato, los dibujos muestran e...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
¿Por qué me llaman artista?
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed #ambar
JUANA MARTÍNEZ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Stone
Onda energética de siete colores
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone #color #energy #seed
JUANA MARTÍNEZ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Stone
¿Qué hay más allá de la materia?
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#mandala #spiritualart #introspecction #sculpture #nature #landscape #information #outdoors #contemporaryart #stone
JUANA MARTÍNEZ
(Tlalpujajua, Mic...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Stone
La música de los canes I
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
#fantastic #zoology #texture #piano #keya #sound #music #color #dog #animal
miguel villafuerte (Quito 1991) graphic designer and visual artist, litirature, editorial.
the work as...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Escala
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Lidzie Alvisa Jiménez (Havana in 1969), one of the most recognized conceptual artists in Cuba, studied from the elementary level to the ISA (Superior Institute of Art), graduating in...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pins
Arrítmico
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Lidzie Alvisa Jiménez (Havana in 1969), one of the most recognized conceptual artists in Cuba, studied from the elementary level to the ISA (Superior Institute of Art), graduating in...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pins
Sin título, rhythm, pins,
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Lidzie Alvisa Jiménez (Havana in 1969), one of the most recognized conceptual artists in Cuba, studied from the elementary level to the ISA (Superior Institute of Art), graduating in...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pins
Sin título, rhythm, pins,
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Lidzie Alvisa Jiménez (Havana in 1969), one of the most recognized conceptual artists in Cuba, studied from the elementary level to the ISA (Superior Institute of Art), graduating in...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pins
El poder de la ofrenda
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
JUANA MARTÍNEZ
(Tlalpujajua, Michoacán, 1953) Lives and works in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán.
Juana lives in an isolated cabin in the middle of nowhere, ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Magazine Paper
Casa Blanca (USA)
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Multidisciplinary artist. Twenty years of artistic experience in the Fine Arts. Eight years of practice as a University professor of Fine Arts. Broad knowledge of design software: Ad...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wildfire #32, Witch Creek Fire, Rancho Bernardo, CA, 2007" color photograph
Located in New York, NY
Wildfire #32, Witch Creek Fire, Rancho Bernardo, CA, 2007 (25"x30") Edition 9 + 3 artist prints, signed by the artist, Sasha Bezzubov
The photographs in the Wildfire series were made...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Nicaragua, " from the series "We are the Kings and Queens of Narnia"
Located in New York, NY
From the series "We are the Kings and Queens of Narnia." This is a series of photographs about Bezzubov's family's somewhat unconventional way of traveling around the world - by wal...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
C Print
"The Clandestine Traveler, " Ink, watercolor, graphite on paper
Located in New York, NY
Known for her idiosyncratic cartographic explorations of the psyche and mental states, Smith incorporates outer and inner geographical regions in this piece. The finished work is a d...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Nova
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and Jorge Zontal (1944-1994). Over 25 years, they made a significant contribution to po...
Category
1970s Conceptual Art
Materials
Graphite
$7,000
Satirical Text Based Conceptual Painting: "Log Entries..."
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
38"x27" signed by the artist, David Kramer. (acrylic, pencil on gessoed paper) In this conceptual work on paper, the text "Handmade Memes... Old World Flavor." is hand drawn to loo...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
What Ecstatic Danger
By Alex Gingrow
Located in New York, NY
graphite, flashe, ink and gesso on paper, 22"x30" signed by the artist
Alex Gingrow creates text-based paintings and drawings that are at turns witty, sardonic, poetic, self-deprecat...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Graphite
Plot Plan No. 13821
Located in New York, NY
Plot Plan No. 13821 For Proposed Positive Aspect Containment Strategy, watercolor and ink on paper, signed on reverse by the artist and presentd framed in a high quality shadowbox fr...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Plovers" Conceptual painting of birds and moon rocket engine
Located in New York, NY
In this conceptual painting, New York artist, Thomas Broadbent presents five portraits of Plovers in 2 rows with a finely detailed rendering of a moon rocket engine...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Elmwood and Oaklawn
By Ross Racine
Located in New York, NY
archival pigment print
image size: 23.5"x 31.5" on 26.75"x 34.5" sheet
edition of 10
available unframed
This print is a surreal depiction of an aerial view of a ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
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Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
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Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
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Mixed Media
El paseo de la niña
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Color
Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-11 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic)
Untitled, MT Inv. No 7-3-11
Unknown, ca. 1970-1990
Silver Gelatin Print
Sheet 22,9 x 17,1 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.)
Unique
Print only
Tichý, pract...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Untitled, MT Inv. No 3-8-185 – Miroslav Tichy, Woman, Czech, Photography
Located in Zurich, CH
Miroslav Tichý (*1926, Czech Republic)
Untitled, MT Inv. No 3-8-185
Unknown, ca. 1970-1990
Silver Gelatin Print
Sheet 14,9 x 10,4 cm (5 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Unique
Print only
Tichý, practically reinventing photography from scratch, reconstitutes pictorialism along with it, and not as a distortion of the medium but as something like its essence. What counts for him is not only the image - just one moment in the photographic process - but also the chemical activity of the materials, which is never entirely stable or complete, and the delimitation of the results via cropping and framing.
Marginal and exceptionally voyeuristic, in his methods Tichý could be described as an “art brut photographer” yet he is also marked by classical influences. Though his images are produced with poor-quality equipment and carelessly shot, they offer an idiosyncratic and almost hallucinatory vision of a fantastical, eroticised reality. With his endless return to the same subject and the volume and regularity of his production, Tichý’s work draws many parallels to certain practices of conceptual art during the same period.
– Art, Black and White...
Category
Late 20th Century Conceptual Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Translucent
Located in New York, NY
Mysterious woman. Oil on canvas. Fab wallpaper background.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern feeling of reflection, observation and cultural critique. Somewhere between the Cohen Brothers...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Witching Hour
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Dramatic. Female centric. Nighttime. Mysterious.
About the artist:
“There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern feeling of reflection, observation and cultural critique. Somewhere between the Cohen Brothers...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered witha work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Eva al desnudo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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1970s Conceptual Art
Materials
Acrylic
Niño a caballo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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1980s Conceptual Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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1980s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Lluis Barba
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Ink
Untitled
By Lluis Barba
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Ink
Untitled
By Lluis Barba
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Ink
Untitled
By Lluis Barba
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Ink
They grey square
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Untitled
By Lluis Barba
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Lluis Barba
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Aguas Serenas
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
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Category
1970s Conceptual Art
Materials
Mixed Media
We Now Have All The Data
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual piece. Commentary on life. Humorous but impactful. Acrylic on canvas.
About the artist:
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Elizabeth - 3D 6/10
Located in New York, NY
Homage to the famed Elizabeth Taylor.
About the Artists:
Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisi...
Category
2010s Conceptual Art
Materials
Lenticular
Sci Fi Close Encounters with Orange New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Conceptual Photographer Mitchell Funk created a Sci-Fi image 2 years before the iconic Close Encounters of a Third Kind was released in 1977. Funk's work is really two images combine...
Category
1970s Conceptual Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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