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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
Nipple Detail (Black and White Nude Photography, B&W Nude)
Nipple Detail (Black and White Nude Photography, B&W Nude)

Nipple Detail (Black and White Nude Photography, B&W Nude)

By Savannah Spirit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Savannah Spirit We The Nipple 30 x 30 inches Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag. Edition of 5 Signed by artist Erotica to save our souls. Latest press ARTSY: May 28, 2019: The Photographers Fighting Instagram’s Censorship of Nude Bodies, by Kelsey Ables. First artist featured: Savannah Spirit. In this self portrait, Savannah Spirit turns the tradition of black and white female portraiture back on itself. The muse is the artist, and the gaze is her own. Spirit believes that an image of a woman's body should not be viewed through a purely sexual lens. Her artwork asserts that a woman is her own muse. Through her artistic, social and curatorial projects, Spirit also takes on technology and social media censors, who assume that the unclothed body of a human—especially a female human—is by definition, pornography, in need of control. Press FORBES: Savannah Spirit Wants to Trigger Your Trump VICE: Erotic Art Fights Trump with Scenes of Female Pleasure BULLETT: The Art Show Fighting Fascism with Erotica HUFFINGTON POST: Artists Are Resisting Trump's Misogyny with Erotic Art DAZED: The Erotic Show Taking on Donald Trump Internal: Savannah Spirit, Black and White Photography, Black and White Nude...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Archival Pigment

Chinese ink painting made with thousands of numbers, natural black, brown
Chinese ink painting made with thousands of numbers, natural black, brown

Chinese ink painting made with thousands of numbers, natural black, brown

Located in Carballo, ES

Obsessive, meticulous, almost monastic, Kramer immerses us in a universe of graphic and sculptural repetitions. His drawings on kraft paper glued with rabbit glue recall both ancient...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

Riggs Library I, Washington DC

Riggs Library I, Washington DC

By Reinhard Görner

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

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C Print, Lambda

Shapeshifter no22
Shapeshifter no22

Shapeshifter no22

Located in Vancouver, CA

Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no22, 2025 Edition of 7. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclusive to ADDITION. Desc...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Shapeshifter no17
Shapeshifter no17

Shapeshifter no17

Located in Vancouver, CA

Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no17, 2025 Edition of 7. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclusive to ADDITION. Desc...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Glory 2
Glory 2

Glory 2

By David Datuna

Located in Indianapolis, IN

David Datuna (1974-2022) Glory 2 (2012) Mixed media construction with collage Size: 22 x 40 x 4.5 in (55.9 x 101.6 x 11.4 cm) Hand signed on the side *Black frame is part of the ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Concupiscent
Concupiscent

Concupiscent

By Savannah Spirit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Savannah Spirit’s nudes uses self-portraiture to examine authorship, embodiment, and the politics of visibility. Working primarily in black and white, she utilizes shadow and silhoue...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph
Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph

Uris Library, Ithaca, Cornell University, Large Scale Architectural Photograph

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A mesmerizing portrait of architectural elegance and intellectual grandeur, Reinhard Görner’s Uris Library, Ithaca immerses viewers in the ornate beauty of Cornell University’s iconi...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Lambda

"Repetition is good" 19x27" framed, 1988-2025
"Repetition is good" 19x27" framed, 1988-2025

"Repetition is good" 19x27" framed, 1988-2025

By Ceravolo

Located in Southampton, NY

For the month of December we are offering very special pricing of at least 20% off of all of the paintings at the gallery. Some are discounted as much as 50%. If you see a painting t...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Rag Paper

"Untitled 2.20" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina

"Untitled 2.20" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina

By García De Marina

Located in Culver City, CA

"Untitled 2.20" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed 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 ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Flora 32, 2015 - Garden Herbs and Flowers

Flora 32, 2015 - Garden Herbs and Flowers

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 32, 2015 - Garden Herbs and Flowers by Marisa Culatto Flora 32 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Flora 20, 2015 - Oregon Grape Lily Environment Photography

Flora 20, 2015 - Oregon Grape Lily Environment Photography

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 20, 2015 - Oregon Grape Lily Environment Photography by Marisa Culatto Flora 20 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limite...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Flora 18, 2015 - Flower Portrait Natural Environment

Flora 18, 2015 - Flower Portrait Natural Environment

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 18, 2015 - Flower Portrait Natural Environment by Marisa Culatto Flora 18 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Water, Abstract Screenprint by Rice Paper by Joe Tilson
Water, Abstract Screenprint by Rice Paper by Joe Tilson

Water, Abstract Screenprint by Rice Paper by Joe Tilson

By Joe Tilson

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1928 - ) Title: Water Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen and Collage on Rice Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 26/70 Size: 38 in. x 26.5 in. (96.5...

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1970s Conceptual Art

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Rice Paper, Screen

Flora 15, 2015 - Yellow Snapdragon Star Flower Portrait

Flora 15, 2015 - Yellow Snapdragon Star Flower Portrait

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 15, 2015 - Yellow Snapdragon Star Flower Portrait by Marisa Culatto Flora 11 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Flora 17, 2015 - Crimson Hibiscus with Purple Iris Red Berries Frozen in Ice

Flora 17, 2015 - Crimson Hibiscus with Purple Iris Red Berries Frozen in Ice

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 17, 2015 - Crimson Hibiscus with Purple Iris Red Berries Frozen in Ice Flora 17 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Flora 10, 2015 - Ivory Rose with Gold Snapdragon and Pink Wildflower in Ice

Flora 10, 2015 - Ivory Rose with Gold Snapdragon and Pink Wildflower in Ice

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 10, 2015 - Ivory Rose with Gold Snapdragon and Pink Wildflower in Ice Flora 10 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Shapeshifter no45
Shapeshifter no45

Shapeshifter no45

Located in Vancouver, CA

Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no45, 2025 Edition of 7 plus 2 artist proofs. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Exclusi...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper

Flora 6, 2015 - Springtime Grasses Clover Crimson Rose Frozen in Ice Color Print

Flora 6, 2015 - Springtime Grasses Clover Crimson Rose Frozen in Ice Color Print

Located in Brighton, GB

Flora 6, 2015 - Springtime Grasses Clover Crimson Rose Frozen in Ice Color Print Flora 6 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée

Boschereccia Palazzo, Hercolani, Bologna

Boschereccia Palazzo, Hercolani, Bologna

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Boschereccia Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna, Italy 2022 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on labe...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Night Species
Night Species

Night Species

Located in Vancouver, CA

Jennifer Latour Night Species, 2025 Edition of 7, 2 APs Exclusive to ADDITION Available Formats Lead time for all formats is approximately two to three weeks. All Dibond mounted ar...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Swan, With Leda (Limited Edition of 25) - 30x40 In Fine Art Print
The Swan, With Leda (Limited Edition of 25) - 30x40 In Fine Art Print

The Swan, With Leda (Limited Edition of 25) - 30x40 In Fine Art Print

Located in New York, NY

This 2009 photograph by legend photographer, John Stoddart depicts “The Swan with Leda.” It was inspired from the mythology of the Greek story of Leda and the Swan, when the God Zeus...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz Germany, Architecture
Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz Germany, Architecture

Library Hall, Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences, Görlitz Germany, Architecture

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the Library Hall at the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz, Germany. Arches open like portals into the interior, bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of brown wood. Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural public narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunningly perfect (or interestingly-off) 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

Moving Flag
Moving Flag

Moving Flag

By David Datuna

Located in Indianapolis, IN

David Datuna (1974-2022) Moving Flag (2013) Mixed media construction with collage, paint, and acrylic glasses lenses. Size: 32 x 57 x 9.5 in (81.3 x 144.8 x 24.1 cm) Hand signed on ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic Polymer

Flight. 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm
Flight. 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm

Flight. 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm

Located in Riga, LV

Flight 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 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

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 4, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol
Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 4, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol

Jo Yarrington, Mute-Ability_Composition 4, 2019_acrylic, steel, player piano rol

By Jo Yarrington

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

Venus and Amor I, 1530, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Painting Detail Photograph
Venus and Amor I, 1530, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Painting Detail Photograph

Venus and Amor I, 1530, Lucas Cranach The Elder, Painting Detail Photograph

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Reinhard Görner’s Venus and Amor I presents an exquisite close-up of Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1530 masterpiece, capturing the delicate interplay of sensuality and symbolism characte...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Reinhard Görner 'Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)

Reinhard Görner 'Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Reinhard Görner Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid 2017 59 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 71 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 83 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed Internal Keywords: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Madrid, Spain, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, Spanish Libraries, Spanish Monuments, Library Photography...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Lambda, C Print

Raspail Red, Paris Metro Series
Raspail Red, Paris Metro Series

Raspail Red, Paris Metro Series

Located in Surfside, FL

these are original (signed with initials) proof prints c-print on Fuji crystal archive paper. there is some minor wear to the surface but it cannot be photographed and will probabl...

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1990s Conceptual Art

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C Print

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

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Hope From Above -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern
Hope From Above -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern

Hope From Above -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman, Modern

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Mic...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Bob Seng, Exit 442, 2002, scraped, collaged, EXIT signs, 8" x 12"

Bob Seng, Exit 442, 2002, scraped, collaged, EXIT signs, 8" x 12"

By Bob Seng

Located in Darien, CT

Robert Seng was born and raised in Seattle, served in the US Navy in Vietnam, and finished his BFA and MFA on the GI Bill. He was a founder of Artech, Seattle’s premier art services company, to support his art career. A New York resident since 1986, Seng has worked at Artforum, the Guggenheim Museum and taught at Fairfield University while continuing his studio practice in painting and sculpture. In the mid 1990’s Seng moved into site-specific installation work with collaborator Lisa Hein. Together they have made more than 40 projects with moving light...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plastic

Francke Foundations II, Library, Halle, Germany, Architectural Photograph
Francke Foundations II, Library, Halle, Germany, Architectural Photograph

Francke Foundations II, Library, Halle, Germany, Architectural Photograph

By Reinhard Görner

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This large-scale architectural photograph by German photographer Reinhard Görner depicts the Francke Foundations library in Halle, Germany. The artist is praised for crisp, rich detailed at large-scale. In this beautiful piece, arches open like portals into the interior, bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, aged tones of wood and marble, taupe, blue and gray. Reinhard Görner Francke Foundations II Halle, Germany 2014 50 x 52.6 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 63.2 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 73.7 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to the image: actual image size listed Internal Search: Reinhard Görner, Library series, Halle, Germany, Large-Scale Photography, Large-scale German photography, German Libraries, German Monuments...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

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.