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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
Eclipse, or Portrait of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by Lee Jaffe
Eclipse, or Portrait of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by Lee Jaffe

Eclipse, or Portrait of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by Lee Jaffe

By Lee Jaffe

Located in Long Island City, NY

Eclipse/Portrait of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg by Lee Jaffe, American (1950) Date: 1983 Silver Gold Leaf, Copper Wire and Oil on Canvas, Unsigned Size: 129 x 153 in. (327.66 x 388.62...

Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Wire, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

A B C Art (Low Relief) Part II: PMBWFDLJ (Pangram) - Limited Edition Print
A B C Art (Low Relief) Part II: PMBWFDLJ (Pangram) - Limited Edition Print

A B C Art (Low Relief) Part II: PMBWFDLJ (Pangram) - Limited Edition Print

By John Baldessari

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“A B C Art (Low Relief) Part II: PMBWFDLJ (Pangram)” (2010) is a Mixografía® print on handmade paper in 32-parts by American conceptual artist, John Baldessari. This 32-part print i...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Embossed Print

Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Violet - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print
Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Violet - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print

Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Violet - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print

By John Baldessari

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange” combines a found black-and-white photograph of two men with a hand-colored, Mixografía-cast Stonehenge silhouette rendered entirely in orange, ...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Embossed Print

Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Yellow - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print
Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Yellow - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print

Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Yellow - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print

By John Baldessari

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange” combines a found black-and-white photograph of two men with a hand-colored, Mixografía-cast Stonehenge silhouette rendered entirely in orange, ...

Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Embossed Print

Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print
Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print

Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print

By John Baldessari

Located in Palm Desert, CA

“Stonehenge (With Two Persons) Orange” combines a found black-and-white photograph of two men with a hand-colored, Mixografía-cast Stonehenge silhouette rendered entirely in orange, ...

Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Embossed Print

CITYSCAPE, Textual Neon Mixed Media Sculpture by Chryssa
CITYSCAPE, Textual Neon Mixed Media Sculpture by Chryssa

CITYSCAPE, Textual Neon Mixed Media Sculpture by Chryssa

By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali

Located in Long Island City, NY

Chryssa began working with neon in 1962, creating large-scale neon works using faux letters rather than legible characters. Reduced to base semiotics, her letterforms became examinat...

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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Neon Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel, Laid Paper

Totem of Unmeasurable Memory Assemblage 7 Silver Gelatin Photograph Photo Prints
Totem of Unmeasurable Memory Assemblage 7 Silver Gelatin Photograph Photo Prints

Totem of Unmeasurable Memory Assemblage 7 Silver Gelatin Photograph Photo Prints

By Lewis Koch

Located in Surfside, FL

Totem of Unmeasurable Memory, 1995 Assemblage of 7 vintage silver gelatin prints Lewis Koch lives in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. After completing undergraduate studies in social histor...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Weight of Man in Olympus
The Weight of Man in Olympus

The Weight of Man in Olympus

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

This sculpture represents the idea of human balance in infinity. The symbol of construction while balancing a feather, symbol of freedom and lightness.

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plaster, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Loops & Curves Blue/Red
Loops & Curves Blue/Red

Loops & Curves Blue/Red

By Sol LeWitt

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created in 1999, this etching and aquatint on white Somerset Textured paper is hand-signed by Sol LeWitt (Hartford, 1928 - New York, 2007) in pencil in the lower right margin and is ...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

By John Baldessari

Located in Palo Alto, CA

Created in 2015, this color screenprint is hand signed by John Baldessari (National City, 1931- Los Angeles, 2020) in pencil in the lower right margin and is from the edition of 50. ...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Ascoltando Il Sole II
Ascoltando Il Sole II

Ascoltando Il Sole II

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ascoltando Il Sole I
Ascoltando Il Sole I

Ascoltando Il Sole I

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ascoltando I Fulmini  Listening to Lightning Green
Ascoltando I Fulmini  Listening to Lightning Green

Ascoltando I Fulmini Listening to Lightning Green

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ero Seduto Guardando Il Tramonto -  I Was Sitting Watching the Sunset
Ero Seduto Guardando Il Tramonto -  I Was Sitting Watching the Sunset

Ero Seduto Guardando Il Tramonto - I Was Sitting Watching the Sunset

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Niayendu

Michael RohdeNiayendu, 2006

Price Upon Request

Niayendu

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Hand woven tapestry: wool, dyes

Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Tapestry, Wool, Dye

Io Su Poltrona Pensando Al Lui  Me On An Armchair Thinking About Him
Io Su Poltrona Pensando Al Lui  Me On An Armchair Thinking About Him

Io Su Poltrona Pensando Al Lui Me On An Armchair Thinking About Him

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ascoltando I Fulmini  Listening to Lightning
Ascoltando I Fulmini  Listening to Lightning

Ascoltando I Fulmini Listening to Lightning

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Stars and Stripes - SOLD - Commission Available

Stars and Stripes - SOLD - Commission Available

By Nelson De La Nuez

Located in New York, NY

Pop Art. Mixed Media sketch on paper. Floats on white matte and framed with white frame. A celebration of America via the Flag. Vintage feel. Background from artists vintage ...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Conceptual Abstract

Conceptual Abstract

By Craig Alan

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

New Dawn - Digital Art

New Dawn - Digital Art

By Chad Knight

Located in New York, NY

Digital Art. Female form with city scape. Produced on metal with white 2 inch border. About the Artist: Chad is more than just a freelance artist, he ...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

Spectrum

Craig AlanSpectrum

Price Upon Request

Spectrum

By Craig Alan

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Long Line - Original by Craig Alan

Long Line - Original by Craig Alan

By Craig Alan

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. Homage to apple. Humorous. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a cu...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

My World

Craig AlanMy World

Price Upon Request

My World

By Craig Alan

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. About the Artist: In his prolific career is a culmination of textbook artistic...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

Life Happens

Craig AlanLife Happens

Price Upon Request

Life Happens

By Craig Alan

Located in New York, NY

Mixed Media Original with resin finish from world renowned artist with unique, one of a kind style. Homage to the late great Amy Winehouse. About the Artist: In his prolific car...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

Constructivism - William Wegman (Colour Photography)
Constructivism - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Constructivism - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Signed and numbered on label affixed to reverse of mount Pigment print 44 x 57 1/3 inches Edition of 4 The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outfits and props, demonstrate a wide ran...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED
Katherine Jackson, Little Oil Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED

By Katherine Jackson

Located in Darien, CT

There are two Little Oil installations available with 6 sculptures each on top of LED light boxes. Katherine Jackson has been working with glass and light together for many years, Recently, she's been making glass castings of vintage oil cans, and displaying them -- singly, in small groupings, or in vitrines -- on light boxes. So far she has created about 90, each one unique. The series is called Little Oil, alluding to Big Oil, and sometimes Small Oils, as in oil painting. But “oil” can mean many things. It has been a source of light (sometimes from unconscionable sources) since ancient times as well as a source of eternal light in many faith traditions. Set atop lightboxes, where each work glows from within, these pieces can simply seem like vessels of light itself. At times, they appear to me to transcend their relation to oil altogether, appearing anthropomorphic or creaturely, even biological. These days, I think of them as archeological artifacts, relics of a past, oil-based, civilization. Necropolis is a print of a painting inspired by a map of the necropolis where the terra cotta soldiers...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Glass, LED Light, Pigment

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil  Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED
Katherine Jackson, Little Oil  Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil Seeing Red, 2020, Glass Wood Steel, Plexi, LED

By Katherine Jackson

Located in Darien, CT

There are two Little Oil installations available with 6 sculptures each on top of LED light boxes. Two of the oil can sculptures depicted here are sold. Please contact the gallery for specific prices on individual prices and smaller light boxes sold with the sculptures. Prices range from $675 - $2050 including a small lightbox for individual sculptures. Katherine Jackson has been working with glass and light together for many years, Recently, she's been making glass castings of vintage oil cans, and displaying them -- singly, in small groupings, or in vitrines -- on light boxes. So far she has created about 90, each one unique. The series is called Little Oil, alluding to Big Oil, and sometimes Small Oils, as in oil painting. But “oil” can mean many things. It has been a source of light (sometimes from unconscionable sources) since ancient times as well as a source of eternal light in many faith traditions. Set atop lightboxes, where each work glows from within, these pieces can simply seem like vessels of light itself. At times, they appear to me to transcend their relation to oil altogether, appearing anthropomorphic or creaturely, even biological. These days, I think of them as archeological artifacts, relics of a past, oil-based, civilization. Necropolis is a print of a painting inspired by a map of the necropolis where the terra cotta soldiers...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Glass, LED Light, Pigment

'Caresses From Olympus' Mixed Media, Conceptual Life Size, Figurative Sculpture
'Caresses From Olympus' Mixed Media, Conceptual Life Size, Figurative Sculpture

'Caresses From Olympus' Mixed Media, Conceptual Life Size, Figurative Sculpture

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

With ‘Caresses From Olympus’ Mattia explores the journey that man takes every day to discover himself. In an era where migrants are at the center of humanity this sculpture tries to ...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plaster, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Meditation Man
Meditation Man

Meditation Man

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

The "Meditation Man," in his yoga pose, is in total concentration. His plumaged eyes could be interpreted as life's struggles as he continues to maintain his maximum mental focus. ...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Polyurethane

'Close Touching God' Mixed Media Conceptual Wall Sculpture
'Close Touching God' Mixed Media Conceptual Wall Sculpture

'Close Touching God' Mixed Media Conceptual Wall Sculpture

By Mattia Novello

Located in Rye, NY

Artist Statement: With this sculpture I represented how every day man lives trying to outdo himself, almost in competition with himself and with others, in some cases feeling omnipot...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Acrylic, Ceramic, Wood

Pawns - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Pawns - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Pawns - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and numbered on label affixed to reverse of mount Pigment print 44 x 34 inches From an edition of 7 The dogs, bewigged and bedeck...

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Split Level

Split Level

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Signed and numbered on label affixed to reverse of mount Pigment print 44 x 34 inches From an edition of 7 + 2 APs

Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Breakout - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Breakout - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Breakout - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1995 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outfits...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Presentation - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Presentation - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Presentation - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 2004 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with out...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Look There - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Look There - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Look There - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1996 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outfi...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Leggings - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Leggings - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Leggings - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Two unique colour Polaroid prints, printed 1998 24 x 20 inches each The dogs, bewigged and bedecked wi...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Towelling - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Towelling - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Towelling - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1993 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outfit...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Polaroid

Climber - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Climber - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Climber - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1991 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outfits ...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Side Views - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Side Views - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Side Views - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique black and white Polaroid print, printed 1998 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked w...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Polaroid

Primary Trio - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Primary Trio - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Primary Trio - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1991 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with out...

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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Polaroid

Chair Piece - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

Chair Piece - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

Chair Piece - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1991 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outf...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

My Coo Kie - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

My Coo Kie - William Wegman (Colour Photography)

By William Wegman

Located in London, GB

My Coo Kie - William Wegman (Colour Photography) Signed and inscribed with title Unique colour Polaroid print, printed 1991 24 x 20 inches The dogs, bewigged and bedecked with outfi...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Theater, or Eye
Theater, or Eye

Theater, or Eye

By Sofia Borges

Located in New York, NY

Sofia Borges Theater, or Eye, 2014 Pigment print on cotton paper mounted on Sintra Edition 1 of 5 + 1 AP Size 1: 47 ¼ x 74 inches (120 x 188 cm) Size 2: 150 x 235 cm Edition of 3 + 1 AP (⅓ printed in Brazil) Sofia Borges makes haunting, large-format photographs of archival objects and illustrations such as museum dioramas, taxidermy animals, Cold War-era ephemera, and archaic medical drawings...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

It was finally my day! 2015

It was finally my day! 2015

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Archival Pigment

Napping with Floyd, 2011

Napping with Floyd, 2011

By Jennifer Greenburg

Located in Sante Fe, NM

Jennifer Greenburg challenges social norms and the nature of vernacular photographs in her series Revising History. Interjecting herself in mid-century images from the 1940’s – 60’s,...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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.