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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Flower Goddess - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Primal woman of the jungle with a headdress of vibrant tropical plants Flower Goddess - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
Oil
Twenty and one more metamorphosis. Etching, paper, 49 x 64 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Twenty and one more metamorphosis Etching, paper, 49x64 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, U...
Paper, Etching
Shapeshifter No16 Archival Pigment Print, Conceptual, Signed, 2023
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jennifer Latour Shapeshifter no16, 2023 Edition of 7 plus 2 artist proofs. Signed in pencil by the artist. Archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, UV laminated, with cleat. Descri...
Archival Pigment
Stairway to Heaven, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 46.3 inches ed. of 10 60 x 55.6 inches ed. of 7 70 x 64.8 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates...
Lambda
City 145, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 145 Year: 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 28.5 x 22.5 in. (72.39 x 57.15 cm)
Screen
Prelude to Dawn
By Kevin Kegler
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original conceptual hand carved and joined wood wall sculpture by Kevin Kegler. This work is currently featured in the artist's solo exhibition inside The Corridors Gallery at ...
Copper
$7,500
Large Scale Color Photograph Ektacolor C Print Art Photo Typography Sorel Cohen
By Sorel Cohen
Located in Surfside, FL
SOREL COHEN (Canadian b. 1936 - ) Speak Silence- 1978 Ektacolor photograph and vinyl letter typography Verso with gallery label for Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 41 inches x 53 inches edition of 3 The original receipt included with this item is only available in the digital form. I only have the copy of it, not the original. SOREL COHEN (Canadian b. 1936 - ) A graduate of Concordia University, Cohen has been a major figure on the Canadian photography scene for over thirty years. She has been invited as guest lecturer to many Canadian universities, and was awarded the Canada Council’s prestigious Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography (1988). Her master’s thesis examined feminist art in the 1970s, while her art practice, which is largely autobiographical, weaves original links conceptual art, photography, painting and film. Cohen creates works that directly reference the historical and social context of the artist, especially through depictions of gender and the body. She has participated in numerous group shows both in Canada and abroad (France, Germany, Mexico, the United Kingdom, etc.) and has had solo exhibitions in major Canadian cities from Halifax to Vancouver, as well as in New York, Marseilles, and Tempe, Arizona. ) She was included in the show She Photographs which presented thirty photographers, mostly Canadian, a few American, who explore the portrait or the self-portrait, nudes, still-life, landscape. Artists included Sarah Anne Johnson...
C Print, Color
City 85, Geometric Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 85 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP Image Size: 25 x 20 inches Size: 25 in. x 19 in. ...
Screen
$900
"Star Field - Western United States", 1979, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Star Field - Western United States Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in ...
Lithograph
City 115, Silkscreen by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 115 Year: 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil Edition: AP Image: 23 x 16 inches Size: 25 x 18.25 in. (63.5 x 46.36 cm)
Screen
$950
Tree in Tree (Burgundy and Gold), Conceptual Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Tree in Tree (Burgundy and Gold) Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 125 Size: 41 x...
Screen
Caius Flavius from The Romans by Enrico Baj
By Enrico Baj
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Enrico Baj, Italian (1924 - 2003) Title: Caius Flavius Valerius Claudius Constantinus Year: 1972 Medium: Aquatint Etching with Collage, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition:...
Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint
Electric Donjon, Surrealist Etching from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990
By Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, Russian (1955 - ) Title: Electric Donjon from Brodsky and Utkin: Projects 1981 - 1990 Year: 1990 Medium: Etching on German Rag paper, signed...
Etching
City 88, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 88 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 25 x 18.75 in. (63.5 x 47.63 cm)
Screen
Conceptual House Shovel Wall Sculpture Wood Metal Tape Grey White Neutral Unique
By Robert Booth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Booth is a visionary conceptual sculpture artist known for his haunting and thought-provoking creations. His work takes viewers on a journey into t...
Steel
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...
Paper, C Print
Surrender Your Fantasies For Something Better
By Kevin Kegler
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original conceptual sculpture by Kevin Kegler. This work is currently featured in the artist's solo exhibition inside The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry.
Copper
Bridge, Geometric Pop Art Screenprint by Allan D'Arcangelo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Allan D'Arcangelo, American (1930 - 1998) Title: Bridge Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 120 Image Size: 29 x 40 inches Size: 35 x 46 in. ...
Screen
Source 6
By VIROCODE (Peter D'Auria and Andrea Mancuso)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Inkjet prints, carbon and beeswax mounted to wood that was included in the artistic duo's exhibition at the world renowned Albright Knox Art Gallery. Virocode is compose...
Wood, Wax, Carbon Pencil, Inkjet
Candida Höfer, Deutsche Oper - Signed C-Print, Contemporary Photography
Located in Hamburg, DE
Candida Höfer (German, b. 1944) Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, 2012 Medium: C-Print on photo paper Image dimensions: 30 x 45,5 cm Sheet dimensions: 38 x 53,5 cm Edition of 100: H...
C Print
Barbie in a Box - 3D Ltd Ed 5/10
Located in New York, NY
An homage to the famed Barbie Doll. About the Artists: Animated through an assemblage of analog, digital, and lenticular photographic technologies, these selections from Reisig a...
Lenticular
Wood equals paper
By Dianne Baker
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary collection of conceptual wall sculptures by Dianne Baker titled "Wood = Paper" created in 2016 with wood, metal, leather and handmade paper. Various Sizes: 16" x 1...
Metal
Yes to Everything
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media. Female centric. Vibrant colors. About the Artist: Cabell Molina is a contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Where Cabell has proved hersel...
Mixed Media
George Washington, Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem, American (1932 - 2008) Title: George Washington, George Washington Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300; AP 30 Image Size: ...
Lithograph
Panel D - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Panel B - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Signed by the artist on a sticker label Edition 6 + 2 AP - E...
Paper, Archival Pigment
$19,500
Diversity (Blue)
By Oleg Lobykin
Located in Napa, CA
Oleg Lobykin (Russian, b. 1966) is a sculptor. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Lobykin now resides in Silicon Valley and also specializes in the restoration of landmark architecture ...
Fiberglass
"Untitled 4.20" Chess Photography 24' x 35' in Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4.20" Chess Photography 24' x 35' in Edition of 10 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thr...
Digital Pigment
$700
Peace III , Conceptual Lithograph and Screenprint collage by Komar & Melamid
Located in Long Island City, NY
Komar and Melamid (Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid), Russian (1943/5 - ) - Peace III, Year: 1986, Medium: Lithograph and screenprint collage on BFK Rives, signed, numbered and d...
Lithograph, Screen
Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Mujo Gold
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Cardboard, gold leaf, gilder’s bole This work was created for an exhibit as part of the artistic unit SHIKŌ, a collaborative effort between sculptors Kanji Hasegawa, Isaji Yugo, and...
Gold Leaf
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 ...
Offset
$1,859
Ed Ruscha, Some Los Angeles Apartments - Artist's Book, Conceptual Art, Pop Art
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Hamburg, DE
Ed Ruscha (American, b.1937) Some Los Angeles Apartments, 1965/1970 Medium: Artist’s book (black offset printing on 100 lb. white Vicksburg Vellum text paper) Dimensions: 17.8 x 14 x...
Offset
Steel & Iron Sculpture Titled: Nail Head
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
EDUCATION: 1990 - BFA- College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: PRESENT STUDIO 740- ARTIST/ STUDIO MANAGER, Helena, MT ASSISTANT CURATOR OF EDUCATION- HOLTER MUSEUM OF ART, Helena, MT 1998-2014 SCULPTURE DEPART. CHAIR/ FOUNDRY DIRECTOR - Armory Art Center,WPB, FL 2012 SUMMER RESIDENT ARTIST @ THE ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION, Helena, MT 2010 ELECTED MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - The Arthur R. Marshall Foundation, WPB, FL DESIGNED & FABRICATED SENIOR GIFT SCULPTURE - Northwood University, WPB, FL 2008 DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - Judge Knott Award, Historical Society of Palm Beach County DESIGNED & FABRICATED ANNUAL AWARD - Providencia Award- Palm Beach County Convention Bureau, WPB, FL FINALIST - My Wendy, My Way, Wendy’s International, Dublin, OH 2003 DESIGNED & FABRICATED CEE CEE LYLES MEMORIAL- Veteran’s Park, Ft. Pierce, FL 1998 - 1996 RDK STUDIOS - Owner/Operator, FIne Art Bronze Foundry, Riviera Beach, FL EXHIBITIONS: 2015 CHRIS RICCARDO & FRIENDS, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coure d’Alene, ID 16TH ANNUAL SMALLL ARTWORKS INVITATIONAL, The Art Spirit Gallery of Fine Art, Coure d’Alene, ID 2014 ON & OFF THE WALL: SOFLO CERAMICS, The Art Gallery @ Eissey Campus Gallery ART PALM BEACH, JF Gallery, WPB, FL IN LIQUID 15, Philadelphia, PA 2013 NCECA 2013: Resident Artist Exhibtion, NCECA 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX ART PALM BEACH, JF Gallery, WPB, FL THE INVISIBLE HOURDE: Unit 1 Gallery, WPB, FL 2012 ARCHIE BRAY @ the Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA RESIDENT ARTIST EXHIBITION: Bray Warehouse Galley, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT MUSES & SIRENS: CHRIS RICCARDO & JACQUES De BEAUFORT, The Art GAllery @ Eissey Campus, PBG, FL PALM BEACH ART & ANTIQUES, JF Gallery, WPB, FL SMALL FAVORS VII- The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA BEYOND THE BRICKYARD ( 4th Annual Juried Exhibition ) Juried by Richard Shaw...
Steel, Iron
Christo, Corridor Store Front (Monuments) - Signed Collage
By Christo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Christo (American-Bulgarian, b. 1935) Corridor Store Front (from Monuments), 1968 Medium: Collage (two-part screenprint on Bristol board, with mounted transparent plastic sheet, with...
Plastic, Board, Screen
Panel D - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Panel B - Brutality of Creation (Abstract Photography) Archival Pigment Print on Ilford Smooth Pearl paper. Unframed. Edition 6 + 2 AP - Edition 1/6 This new series titled Neuros...
Archival Pigment, Paper
Untitled - Frost, Conceptual Lithograph by Alan Sonfist
By Alan Sonfist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alan Sonfist, American (1946 - ) - Untitled - Frost, Medium: Lithograph, Size: 24 x 35 in. (60.96 x 88.9 cm)
Lithograph
Vintage Washing Board in Custom made Vinyl Slipcover: 'Scrubbed Clean'
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism an...
Glass, Wood, Mixed Media
Objects in Grid, Pop Art Screenprint by Lucio Del Pezzo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio del Pezzo, Italian (1933 - ) Title: Untitled - I Year: circa 1970 Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 37/190 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55...
Screen
"Untitled 2.20" Still Life Photography 24' x 16' in Ed of 15 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 ...
Digital Pigment
$2,350
"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.14" Photography 24' x 35' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
$3,784Sale Price|20% Off
Gordon Ramsay, Chef Portrait / Large Photograph / British Chef
By John Reardon
Located in London, GB
Gordon James Ramsay; (born 8 November 1966) is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, television presenter, and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded ...
Photographic Film, Color, Archival Pigment
$1,800
Color Iris Photo Print Conceptual Shadow Cartoons Polyptych Photograph Todd Gray
By Todd Gray
Located in Surfside, FL
From his series SHADOW CARTOONS. Color iris print, hand initialed in pencil, This is not numbered. It is on Somerset watermarked archival paper Paper size is 30 X 22.25, images 22.7...
Archival Paper, Color
$1,800
Color Iris Photo Print Conceptual Cartoon Toy Bugs Bunny Photograph Todd Gray
By Todd Gray
Located in Surfside, FL
From his series SHADOW CARTOONS. Color iris print, hand initialed in pencil, This is not numbered. It is on Somerset watermarked archival paper Paper size is 30 X 22.25, images 22.7...
Archival Paper, Color
$1,800
Color Iris Photo Print Conceptual Cartoon Toy Minnie Mouse Photograph Todd Gray
By Todd Gray
Located in Surfside, FL
From his series SHADOW CARTOONS. Color iris print, hand initialed in pencil, This is not numbered. It is on Somerset watermarked archival paper Paper size is 30 X 22.25, images 22.7...
Archival Paper, Color
$2,350
"Untitled 4.21" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 4.21" Photography 35' x 24' inch Edition of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in Gijó...
Digital Pigment
Vintage Rotary Telephone in Custom made Vinyl Slipcover: "Stay Connected"
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism a...
Mixed Media
Vintage Suitcases in Custom Vinyl Slipcovers: "The Great Migration"
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism a...
Mixed Media
Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Shiko 10
Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
Last Book of Life. (Photos from a dinner of Richard Nixon’s with Chou En Lai’s various views of Chinese chopsticks) Photograph etchings Printed on Stonehedge black paper Hand signe...
Etching, Photogravure
Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
Last Book of Life. (Photos from a dinner of Richard Nixon’s with Chou En Lai’s various views of Chinese chopsticks) Photograph etchings Printed on Stonehedge black paper Hand signe...
Etching, Photogravure
Large Conceptual "Last Book of Life" Photo Etching 1970s Pop Art
By Les Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
Last Book of Life. Richard Nixon’s view of Chou En Lai’s chopsticks Photograph etchings Printed on Stonehedge black paper Hand signed, and numbered, by Levine in red pencil along t...
Etching, Photogravure
Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - Kensho 2709
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
UV print of digital photograph on Kakejikuya 100% kozo paper mulberry washi, mounted in fabric scroll Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo,...
Paper, Mixed Media
"Vintage Alarm Clock in Custom Vinyl Slipcover"
Located in New York, NY
“My art explores the similarity between seemingly disparate cultures through the lens of my African American ancestry. I examine my family’s plight shaped by the history of racism a...
Mixed Media
Everyone has their own paradise
Located in Zofingen, AG
The subtext of the work points to two types of personal involvement: - blindly following mass ideas, which often lead to undesirable consequences; - independent choice and the abilit...
Canvas, Oil
$14,000
Bob Dylan I, Conceptual Digital Print with Foil and Glitter by Meredyth Sparks
Located in Long Island City, NY
“Bob Dylan I” is a mixed-media work by American artist Meredyth Sparks (b.1972), dated 2007. The work layers a black-and-white photograph of a curly-haired figure seen from behind ag...
Photography
Coyote, Etching by Donald Saff
By Donald Saff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Coyote Donald Saff, American (1937) Date: 1980 Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Image Size: 24 X 18.5 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)
Etching
Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Shiko 15
By Kojun
Located in Paris, IDF
Gold leaf, concrete, wood, copper wire W220 × D65 × H40 mm + W60 × D35 × H75 mm (concrete) This collaborative work, which began with a common interest in Buddhism, explored the idea of expressing the sacred within everyday life. As artist and Zen monk...
Concrete, Wire, Gold Leaf
$3,700
Steadfast Gaze 3 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Girl
By John Ali
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 (Issued by the Gal...
Canvas, Acrylic
Ed Ruscha like Word Art done before Ed Ruscha - Dove Over Dover
By Ray Johnson
Located in Miami, FL
Ray Johnson replaces objects with words in this 1959 conceptual piece. With a hint of playfulness, the artist arranges three words in a collage pattern of Alber's-like squares. Eac...
Glass, Wood, Paper, Glue, Ink, Fabric
$6,400
Queen
By Tim Yankosky
Located in Fairfield, CT
Materials are often the driving force and inspiration behind the works of art that I create. I have always been drawn to the functional wear and patina of vintage and found objects. ...
Other Medium
$1,300
"The Child (Aids)", Mixed Media on Linen with Assemblage Elements, 1991-92
Located in Astoria, NY
Roni Nicholson (American, XX), "The Child (Aids)", Mixed Media on Linen with Assemblage Elements, 1991-1992, signed, titled, dated, and exhibition form verso, unframed. 53.5" H x 54...
Textile, Linen, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil