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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
Library of Congress I, Washington DC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I Washington DC 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.4 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Eleusis Proscinemi, Abstract Aquatint Etching by Joe Tilson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joe Tilson, British (1928 - ) Title: Eleusis Proscinemi Year: 1980 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 4/20 Size: 31.5 x 22.5 in. (80.01 ...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

ABS, Etching, Aquatint

Description of Torino Exhibit (Castello di Rivoli)
By James Lee Byars
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Lee Byars, American (1932- 1997) Title: Description of Torino Exhibit (Castello di Rivoli) Year: 1989 Medium: Marker on Foil Paper Siz...
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1980s Conceptual Art

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Foil

Monocromo rojo quemado
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Eduardo Costa is one of the key figures in global conceptual art. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1940. He graduated in Literature and Art at the University of Buenos Aires in 1965 where he took courses with Jorge Luis Borges in the late fifties. His practice developed into Conceptual POP with the Fashion Fictions Series, 1966-to the present. He is also credited with creating Conceptual Geometry which he showed internationally starting in 1995 at the Elga Wimmer Gallery, NY, and in 2001 at Cecilia de Torres LTD., NY. With Cecilia de Torres he exhibited a fully developed edition of his Volumetric Paintings, which use painting to such a volume that it stands by itself without any cloth or other support.Eduardo Costa lived twenty-five years in New York and over four years in Rio de Janeiro where he met almost daily with Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Acrylic

Red Staircase, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 52 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 62.4 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 72.8 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

III from Plazas in Transition, Minimalist Aquatint Etching by Barry LeVa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Barry Le Va, American (b. 1941) Title: III from Plazas in Transition: Foundations of Fragmented Perspectives Year: 1981 Medium: Etching with Aquatint on grey BFK Rives, si...
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1980s Conceptual Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Luciano Berio's Epiphany Large Abstract Collage Israeli Painting
By Naftali Golomb
Located in Surfside, FL
Collage and Painted mixed media artwork painting. Born 1930 in Chile, Golomb immigrated to Palestine in 1935. He later became a member of the Radius Group and an instructor at the Avni Institute, Tel Aviv. He had 20 one-man shows and participated in numerous exhibitions. Golomb has been using oils, tempera, acrylic, encaustic and pencil to produce his works often based on musical associations. Education: With Canadian, Barry Ortzki, a pupil of Henry Moore, and studied painting in tempera with Ernst Fuchs and Wolfgang Manner, Reichenau, Austria Studied drawing with Esther Peretz Arad and Avinoam Kosowsky Teaching Avni Institute, Tel Aviv Group Exhibition, Radius, Tel Aviv 11 February, 1984 - 7 March, 1984 Artists: Shimon Avni, Lea Nikel...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

"Moon" Ray Johnson, Minimalist Mixed Media on Masonite, Fluxus Movement
Located in New York, NY
Ray Johnson Moon Mixed media on Masonite 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches Once described as New York’s “most famous unknown artist,” Ray Johnson was a renowned maker of meticulous collages and...
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1960s Conceptual Art

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Masonite, Mixed Media

Phish Tour Print Nashville Tennessee by Justin Helton on Rainbow Foil Art Paper
Located in Draper, UT
Justin Helton is a graphic designer/illustrator specializing in design for the music industry. He is probably best known for his excellent gig posters, which usually comprise of quite detailed illustrations, beautiful typesetting and are all printed by hand. Justin works from Knoxville, Tennessee, creating work for bands such as Phish, The Avett Brothers...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Foil

Conceptual House Sculpture Dark Wood Chair Brown Grain Thought
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Booth is a Western New York visionary conceptual sculpture artist known for his haunting and thought-provoking creations. His work takes viewers on...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

William S Burroughs, by Robert Mapplethorpe
Located in London, GB
Gelatin silver print 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in 24.9 x 20.1 cm Printed by Radar Publikationen and Edition K.L.A.G. credit stamps verso. Photographers credit stamp verso. Print pulled from por...
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20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Bapst Library, Boston
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bapst Library Boston 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.4 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed to...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

"Untitled 3.18" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3.18" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A do...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Library of Congress I, Washington DC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I Washington DC 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.4 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

The Long Room V, Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 60 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 50 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 60 x 90 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Lambda

Cake Man
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Most of Marc Gonz's recent works are portraits or fragments of human faces: we recognize the shape, see ears, noses and lips of figures that look like young men. What is striking abo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas

Reinhard Görner, Portals with Bookshelves, Biblioteca Joanina, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
50 x 59.4 inches ed. of 10 $6000 60 x 71.3 inches ed. of 7 $9000 70 x 83.1 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format pho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

Library of Congress I, Washington DC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I Washington DC 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.4 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 5 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görn...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

Biblioteca Piccolomini, SIenna, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Piccolomini Siena, Italy 2022 Immerse yourself in the grandeur of history and art with this captivating photograph of the Biblioteca Piccolomini by acclaimed photographer...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Enrico Embroli Mixed Media Sculptural Canvas Ceramic 1970's Rare Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original unique mixed media painting and sculptural creation by well listed artist Enrico Embrolli. Enrico Embroli is a mixed media artist born in the small Western New York town...
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1970s Conceptual Art

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Ceramic, Animal Skin, Oil

Homage a Dito, 1982, Folk Art Woodcut by Florence Grace Putterman
By Florence Putterman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Florence Grace Putterman, American (1927 - ) Title: Homage a Dito Year: 1982 Medium: Woodcut, signed in pencil Edition: TP Size: 27.5 x 39 in. (69.85 x 99.06 cm)
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Woodcut

Partial Portrait of Two Flyers, Minimalist Screenprint by John Russell Clift
Located in Long Island City, NY
Partial portrait of two Flyers John Russell Clift, American (1925–1999) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 207/260 Size: 29 in. x 42 in. (73.66 cm x 106...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Conceptual Shovel Wall Sculpture Frame Chair Chalk Brown Black
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Slate, Steel

Basilica, Bode Museum
Located in Los Angeles, CA
signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of historical architecture, gardens, and masterpieces. An act...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 3
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 3 Year: circa 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 40 in. x 30.5 in. (...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman He stands there, blocking all who dare challenge him in their pursuit to get by. This heroic cock, Charlie, the great intimi...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil

Boschereccia Palazzo, Hercolani, Bologna
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...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Cake Man
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Most of Marc Gonz's recent works are portraits or fragments of human faces: we recognize the shape, see ears, noses and lips of figures that look like young men. What is striking abo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas

Wilhold Up the Mirror Photograph and Mixed Media Assemblage Wall Hanging Artwork
Located in Surfside, FL
Dennis Hopper, (American, 1936-2010) Mixed media sculpture "Outmolding Older Concepts (Wilhold Up the Mirror)", 1961, photo and assemblage, Ace gallery and Easy Rider Production labels verso 27"h x 40"w x 5"d. There is broken mirror glued into the wooden collage box with the ceramic head that is attached to the front. I assume that is how it was made. Provenance: Estate of Pentti Kouri, NYC; Ace Gallery, Los Angeles; Exhibited MOCA, Los Angeles, 2010 From a 1997 interview with Hopper where he references this piece "Right now it's very intense. I had a show that travelled Germany, about 15 different museums. Sunday we go to Denmark; I'm showing the early assemblage I did in 1961 which was the signal for conceptual art. I'm just two days there, then I'm going to Venice to meet Julian Schnabel - Count Volpe's given us a place to paint in Giudecca. Then I'm going to Documenta in Germany to hang another show, then I go back to LA on the 21st and start a film on the 23rd." Notes/Literature: Dr. Pentti Kouri(1949-2009) was a Finnish economist and venture capitalist with partner George Soros. He built his prestigious art collection with the goal of opening a private art foundation focused on his interests in Minimalism, Arte Povera, Conceptual and Text-based art. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Dia Art Foundation, and on the boards of Tate, London and the Guggenheim Museum, New York. In addition, a portion of his collection forms the core of the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland Hopper made his film debut alongside James Dean in 1955's Rebel Without a Cause. Both lost souls from dysfunctional households, they gravitated to each other, smoked dope and took joy rides. When Dean died, Hopper saw himself as the natural inheritor of his rebellious mantle and, revelling in his nickname of "Dennis the Menace", gave it to Hollywood with both barrels; so they dropped him. Dennis didn't make another Hollywood movie for seven years. Frustrated by the deliberate stifling of his film career, Dennis turned to art and photography for creative stimulus, beginning with abstract subjects such as landscapes. His cutting-edge conceptual art became established round the world, with exhibitions in major cities. At home in the dining room stood one particularly interesting work, a white plastic box, eight feet long, that had an aluminium shaft sticking out of it, and two very large balls. It was called The Perpetual Erection Machine. Before Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst, there was Dennis. In 1961, Hopper took part in an international photography competition in Australia with a contribution of five abstract photos, which he called Pieces. He won first place. Soon after, Hopper married Hayward, daughter of the film producer Leland Hayward, whose credits include The Sound of Music and South Pacific. The wedding party of Hopper and Hayward was held in August at the apartment of actress Jane Fonda, a childhood friend of Hayward, who introduced Hopper to her younger brother Peter Fonda. Their daughter Marin was born in 1961, and they moved to Bel Air, California. Soon afterward the famous Bel Air fire destroyed their home, including approximately three-hundred Abstract Expressionist works and hundreds of pages of poetry that Hopper had begun in the mid-1950s. Hopper and his actor friends Dean Stockwell and Russ Tamblyn were close to many artists in California, especially assemblage artists Edward Kienholz...
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1960s Conceptual Art

Materials

Ceramic, Wood, Mixed Media

Back in 10 - large format photograph of conceptual message sign in landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboard signs in landscape of the American West BACK I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Sala dei Fiumi I (Hall of Rivers), Ducal Palace of Mantua, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embark on a visual journey into the heart of Italian architectural grandeur with Reinhard Görner's 2022 photograph, Sala dei Fiumi I. This breathtaking image captures the impressive ...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Morgan Library, New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library New York 50 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label,...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Lambda

Kaplica by Gina Soden, Documentary photography, colour photography
Located in Deddington, GB
Kaplica by Gina Soden [2014] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Digital photograph on Baryta paper Edition number 9 Image size: H:70.02 cm x W:105 cm Complete Size of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Digital Pigment

The girl, cat and cow. 1975, paper, etching, 8, 5x10, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Epr. d'Art. The girl, cat and cow. 1975, paper, etching, 8,5x10,5 cm Lev Kropivnitsky / Лев Евгеньевич Кропивницкий (1922-1994) Russian nonconformist artists, poet, art critic. S...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching, Paper

Circle of Sheep, Pop Art Serigraph by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Circle of Sheep Year: circa 1979 Medium: Serigraph, Signed in Pencil Edition: PP Size: 29 in. x 41 in. (73.66 cm x 104.14...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Library of Congress I, Washington DC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I Washington DC 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.4 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Conceptual Dark Wood House Sculpture Unique Dynamite Green Grass
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Booth is a Western New York visionary conceptual sculpture artist known for his haunting and thought-provoking creations. His work takes viewers on...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Biblioteca Gambalunga, Rimini, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Gambalunga Rimini, Italy 2022 A view of the main table and globe of the main scientific library in the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, named for Italian King Umberto I. The ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Sala dei Fiumi I (Hall of Rivers), Ducal Palace of Mantua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Embark on a visual journey into the heart of Italian architectural grandeur with Reinhard Görner's 2022 photograph, Sala dei Fiumi I. This breathtaking image captures the impressive "Hall of the Rivers" within the Ducal Palace of Mantua, a historic complex recognized as the sixth largest palace in Europe. Built between the 14th and the 17th century by the noble Gonzaga family, the Ducal Palace of Mantua serves as a testament to Italy's rich architectural heritage and royal history. The palace complex, featuring an impressive assortment of more than 500 rooms, corridors, galleries, inner courts, and extensive gardens, spans an area of approximately 34,000 m2. While the palace is widely recognized for Mantegna's frescos in the Camera degli Sposi (Wedding Room), the Sala dei Fiumi offers its unique allure. Created during the Habsburg rule in Mantua, this hall showcases distinctive wall paintings where the rivers of the Mantuan territory are anthropomorphized as giants. Reinhard Görner's photograph is more than a visual delight; it's a historical journey into Italy's cultural past. Ideal for art enthusiasts, history lovers, and those with a keen eye for architectural beauty, this piece promises to enhance any collection. Allow the grandeur of the Palazzo Ducale di Mantova and the majesty of the Sala dei Fiumi to resonate within your space with this stunning image. signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library II, Baltimore (2017) and Riggs Library I, Washington DC (2017)—Görner captures the atmosphere of absolute silence and concentration the spaces embody while also revealing their almost cathedral-like sense of grandeur. Görner’s images have a vivid sense of depth and dimension that convey an impression of intimacy, as in Isaac Newton, Cambridge (2017), or monumentality via his precise and skilful use of framing and perspective. Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms. An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge. "Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm I in the Hall of Mirrors after France was defeated in 1870–1871 in the Franco-German War. The Treaty of Versailles following World War I was also signed there in 1919. In this sense, the architectural photographs of Versailles...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Cosmic Spheres, Biblioteca Communale, Imola, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cosmic Spheres, Biblioteca Comunale Imola, Italy 2022 In this photograph, light strikes an an elegant green and wood armillary sphere on a black and gold lathe mount, before a seri...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Biblioteca Archiginnasio II
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biblioteca Archiginnasio Bologna, Italy 2022 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 75 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 87 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner records cultural and industrial heritage through his series of photographs depicting contemporary and historical architecture, landscapes, parks, and plants. Best known for his photographs of libraries and reading rooms from around the world—in works such as George Peabody Library II, Baltimore (2017) and Riggs Library I, Washington DC (2017)—Görner captures the atmosphere of absolute silence and concentration the spaces embody while also revealing their almost cathedral-like sense of grandeur. Görner’s images have a vivid sense of depth and dimension that convey an impression of intimacy, as in Isaac Newton, Cambridge (2017), or monumentality via his precise and skilful use of framing and perspective. This stunning photograph captures a vista through the storied volumes, intricately painted walls, and doorways inside the Biblioteca comunale dell'Archiginnasio (Archiginnasio Municipal Library). The Biblioteca Archiginnasio is a public library located inside the Palace of the Archiginnasio in Bologna, Italy. The largest library in Emilia-Romagna, it boasts some 850,000 volumes and pamphlets, 2,500 incunabula, 15,000 16th century editions, 8,500 manuscripts and then letters, collections of autographs, prints and drawings, and 250 archives. The library has also a section of 7,500 magazines. In 1838 a section of the building was destined to preserve the books collected from Napoleon's closure of the religious orders. Fabled patrons include the cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, Giovanni Gozzadini, Marco Minghetti, Giovanni Pascoli, Jacob Moleschott, Luigi Serra, Laura Bassi, Aurelio Saffi, Riccardo Bacchelli, Pelagio Palagi...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Vessel: Pierced III, Unique Wall or Table Art by Sylvia Seventy
By Sylvia Seventy
Located in Long Island City, NY
This mixed media sculpture by Sylvia Seventy, from 1986, is a conceptual work in neutral tones. Materials include handmade paper, Apple Wood, Willow, Paint, Oil Pastel, Wax, Cotton ...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Cotton, Handmade Paper, Oil Pastel, Paint, Wood

'Study Center' Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Germany, Architectural Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner 'Study Center' Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weimar, Germany 2017 A luminous ode to architectural grandeur and intellectual heritage, Reinhard Görner’s masterful phot...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda, C Print

Lady, Marble and Fabric Conceptual Abstract Sculpture Maria Dompe
Located in Surfside, FL
MARIA DOMPE, (Italian, b. 1958), Lady Sculpture, marble and fabric, 1995, height: 14 in. One of a pair, (Lady and Gentleman) being sold separately. Maria Dompe was born in Fermo on ...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Marble

Heart Factory
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) is one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists. She achieved a level of commercial and critical success in her lifetime that was exceptional...
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1960s Conceptual Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Morgan Library II, New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Morgan Library II New York 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11000 signed and numbered on label, verso Paper is trimmed...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Riggs Library I, Washington DC
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

Materials

C Print, Lambda

"Untitled 3.18" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3.18" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A do...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Venus (detail), Sandro Botticelli Workshop, Painting Gallery, Berlin, Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Venus (detail), Sandro Botticelli Workshop, Painting Gallery, Berlin, Photograph 53.4 x 40 inches ed. of 7 $4400 66.7 x 50 ed. of 5 $6800 signed a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sheep Portfolio 7
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio 7 Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph and Etching, signed in pencil Edition Size: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.0...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Half Dead, "Inflammatory Essay" (from Documenta 1982)
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jenny Holzer is one of the most important and original artists of the 20th century. Her body of work, with its emphasis on text, is provocative and occasionally frightening, manipulating the language of folk wisdom, pop culture, and government slogan to produce a commentary on global issues including power structures, gender struggle, economics, voting, and warfare. Holzer's iconic "Inflammatory Essays", produced between 1979 and 1982, were first pasted on walls throughout heavily populated metro areas including New York, and shortly after in other cities. Unsigned and commercially produced, they subverted the conventions of advertising, graffiti, and public art. Each essay was in a different eye-catching color to maximize viewers' attention. It was also helpful when one Essay replaced an older one. The texts were derived from her childhood interest in rapturous writings. Holzer tried to emulate a similar style for her essays, yet borrowed from political theorists (notably Mao, Lenin, and Emma Goldman...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Conceptual Moon Phases 8, Abstract Ink & Watercolor Collage by Shlomo Koren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Shlomo Koren, German (1932 - ) Title: Untitled - Conceptual Moon Phases 8 Year: 1965 Medium: Ink, Watercolor and Collage on Paper mounted to Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 15.5 in...
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1960s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Brown Palm" Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 – 2015) Title: Brown Palm Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed in pencil Edition: WP (Working Proof) Size: 30.5 x 21.5 inches
Category

1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Highly conceptual mixed media wall sculpture Contemporary Cat charm rabbit foot
Located in Buffalo, NY
No Fear (Trapper Keeper) UV print on aluminum, chain, jewelry, keychain, sticker, Croc Jibbitz, rabbit’s foot, Tamagotchi 18x48” 2019 $975 Eternal Flame i...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Metal

Target, Conceptual Abstract Lithograph by Dennis A. Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Target Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Size: 41.25 in. x 29.75 in. (104.78 cm x 75.5...
Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Japanese Contemporary Art by Kojun - VM4 Wall-Gazing II
Located in Paris, IDF
Eastman Kodak HDPE polyester film viewing machine reel, signed open edition Kojun is an self-taught multimédia American artist born in 1977 based in Tokyo, Japan since 1999. Kojun p...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Film

Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virtue, Bode–Museum, Berlin 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 5 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 Signed and numbered on label, verso This artwork is...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Lambda

"Untitled 2.16" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2.16" Photography 24' x 16' inch Edition of 15 by García De Marina García de Marina was born in Gijón (Spain) in 1975. He emerged thru a deep transformation in 2010. A do...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Digital Pigment

Butterfly, Modern French Framed Photograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Contemporary Subject: Landscape Medium: Photograph Country: France 16 X 22.5 without frame Animalia, Insect Butterfly Photograph Élisabeth Montagnier was born in Algeria. S...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Color

George Peabody Library, Baltimore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
George Peabody Library Baltimore 62.5 x 50 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 74.9 x 60 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 87.3 x 70 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Manhole Cover, Photorealist Oil and Sand Painting by Josep Cisquella
By Josep Cisquella
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Cisquella, Spanish (1955 - ) Title: Manhole Cover (Manhattan DPW) Year: 1991 Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas, signed on verso Size: 38.25 in. x 57.5 in. (97.16 cm x 146....
Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Island Life - Animal Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A chicken, a fish, a surfer,an anthurium and a bay, all held in some loving hands is our beautiful Island. Island Life - Animal Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman This masterp...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Woodcut

Library of Congress I, Washington DC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Library of Congress I Washington DC 50 x 62.4 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 74.9 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.4 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

Waterdrops, Lithograph by Kim Tschang-Yeul
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tschang-Yeul Kim, Korean (1929 - ) Title: Water Drops Year: 1988 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Size: 43.5 in. x 29 in. (110.49 cm x 73.66 cm)
Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Time Line, Contemporary Lithograph by Dennis A. Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Time Line Kent, Maine Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP 3...
Category

1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (double dip)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original conceptual blown glass wall sculpture by American artist Roberley Bell. IN CURRENT SHOW The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry Fall Show Untitled (double dip...
Category

Early 2000s Conceptual Art

Materials

Plastic, Found Objects, Fiberboard

City 87, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Risaburo Kimura
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Risaburo Kimura, Japanese (1924 - ) Title: City 87 Year: 1969 Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 25 x 18.75 in. (63.5 x 47.63 cm)
Category

1960s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

Joseph Beuys, 1 Wirtschaftswert (Kamillentee) - Signed Readymade
Located in Hamburg, DE
Joseph Beuys (German, 1921-1986) 1 Wirtschaftswert (Kamillentee), 1977 Medium: Pencil on paper tea bag (readymade) Dimensions: 12 × 8.5 cm (4 7/10 × 3 3/10 in) Rarity: Unique artwork...
Category

20th Century Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Reinhard Görner 'Toreno, Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid, Spain' (Library, Madrid)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reinhard Görner Toreno Biblioteca del Senado, Madrid 2017 50 x 59.7 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 71.7 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 83.6 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered...
Category

2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

C Print, Lambda

A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash, Abstract Screenprint by Robert Morris
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Morris Title: A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 180 Paper Size: 32 x 26 inches Text Reads: A ...
Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Screen

OBJECTS OF AFFECTION Large Format 20X24 Vintage Signed Polaroid Photograph
By David Chalk
Located in Surfside, FL
This large format 20 x 24 Polaroid photograph is a self portrait of the photographer David Chack. This is a one-of-a- kind, " instant" color photograph. The process uses a multi-laye...
Category

1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Polaroid

Pulley System, Surrealist Mixed Media Artwork on Paper by Zizi Raymond
By Zizi Raymond
Located in Long Island City, NY
A mixed media work by Zizi Raymond from 1988. A surrealist conceptual piece representing figures in a forbidding interior. Artist: Zizi Raymond, American (1960 - 2014) Title: Untitled - Pulley...
Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

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