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.
Glimmer of Hope - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa
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
Witching Hour
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Dramatic. Female centric. Nighttime. Mysterious. About the artist: “There's a dry ironic twist to Paul’s paintings that give the work — while realistic — a postmodern feeling of reflection, observation and cultural critique. Somewhere between the Cohen Brothers...
Mixed Media
$28,000
Precarious
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual piece. Commentary on life. Humorous but impactful. Acrylic on canvas. About the artist: Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began...
Canvas, Acrylic
Cool Ducks
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
2 cool ducks floating. Fun. About the Artist: Jim Molloy is a studio and plein air painter. "I like to try to find and capture the beauty and simplicity of the world around u...
Canvas, Oil
Stock Pages (The New Antiquity), Signed Chromogenic Print by Tim Davis
By Tim Davis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Provenance: Greenberg Van Doren Gallery Stock Pages (The New Antiquity) by Tim Davis, 1969 – Date: 2009 Medium: Chromogenic Print, signed in pen on verso Edition: 1/6, 2 AP's Size: ...
C Print
The Grand Piano, Biblioteca Joanina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 61.3 inches ed. of 7 $9000 70 x 71.6 inches ed. of 5 $11,000
Lambda
Anatomical bodies in Indian ink on paper, antique papyrus, human being
By Peter Kramer
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...
Ink, Handmade Paper
$1,250
Chinatown Portfolio 2, Image 9, Signed Silkscreen by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Chinatown Portfolio II, Image 9 Year: circa 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition Size: 150 Size: 40 in. x 30.5 ...
Screen
African American Youth With Water Reflections - Self Reflection
Located in Miami, FL
"Self Reflection " In the early 1970's Mitchell Funk was a trailblazer of color photography. In this stunning portrait the photographer merges naturalism and representation with abst...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Giving Last Respect 1 - 21st Century Contemporary, Celebration of Life and Death
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The celebration of life and death in Yoruba land is deeply connected to the use of Aso Oke, a traditional and cultural wear of the Yorubas. The ones used in Ondo to celebrate the liv...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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 phot...
Lambda
$2,904
Drawing 13, Series Drawing - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper Panting
Located in Hallein, AT
The artwork is unframed and will be shipped rolled in a tube Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. ...
Paper, Charcoal
Contemporary blue painting on paper, Seascape, Abstract Seaweeds
By TUSET
Located in Carballo, ES
This is an original artwork unframed realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Original and unique piece 1/1. Includes ...
Ink, Handmade Paper
Sheep Portfolio 4, Conceptual Screenprint by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932 - 2015) Title: Sheep Portfolio 4 Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint and Etching, signed in pencil Edition: 65, AP 5 Size: 33.5 x 31 in. (85.09 x...
Screen
$750
It's the Thought that Counts famous limited edition MOMART UK fine art multiple
Located in New York, NY
Mark Wallinger It's the Thought that Counts, 2001 Mixed media Christmas cracker, colored paper/ cardboard and ribbon with snap Plate signed by Mark W...
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$4,700
DETAIL FROM: Self Portrait with Velvet Cap and Gown with Fur Collar, Rembrandt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DETAIL FROM: SELFPORTRAIT WITH VELVET CAP AND GOWN WITH FUR COLLAR, 2008 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, 1634 PAINTING GALLERY BERLIN A masterful reinterpretation by renowned photographer Reinh...
Lambda
$2,189
Flora 30, 2015 - Limited Edition Signed Botanical Color Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 30, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 30 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
Faces, Vintage Color Photograph Digital Photo Collage Print Asian American
By Emily Cheng
Located in Surfside, FL
This was from Muse X publishers. It came in a plastic bag signed Emily Cheng. (the plastic bag is not included) It is on Fuji crystal photo paper. It depicts two Asian faces in a cub...
Photographic Paper, C Print
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 2 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - Untitled 2 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and not framed Observati...
Lithograph
$493
Dario Villalba UNTITLED 3 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey Woman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 3 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on Paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and never framed Observa...
Lithograph
David Bowie Aladdin Sane Eyes Open, limited edition by Duffy
By Brian Duffy
Located in Austin, TX
Museum quality fine art print of an alternative shot from the cover shoot for Aladdin Sane by David Bowie from the official Duffy Archive. This official Duffy Archive print is avail...
Archival Pigment
Earthy Abstract Metal Landscape Composition "Telephone Poles"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Metal, Iron
"Peace" - Contemporary Street Sign Sculpture
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Scott Froschauer is an experimental artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, where his primary focus is exploring new spaces and techniques for communication. This series "Word on ...
Metal
$1,039
Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 5 Etching & Collage Spanish Contemporary Conceptualism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 5 Date of creation: 1991 Medium: Etching and collage on Paper Edition: 75 Size: 98 x 69 cm Condition: In very good conditions and never framed Observations: E...
Etching
$493
Dario Villalba UNTITLED 4 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey Woman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 4 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and never framed Observa...
Paper, Lithograph
Orthochromatic Negative (Antique Olivetti Typewriter)
By Samuel Field
Located in Cambridge, GB
This bold graphic piece fantastically captures the iconic Italian Olivetti Typewriter. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, lustre photographi...
Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin
$2,650
Seeking Perfection 3 -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, 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...
Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Death Ramp, Conceptual Art Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Death Ramp Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
Lithograph
Piazza San Marco, Italy, Architectural Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 75 x 50 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 90 x 60 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photogra...
Archival Pigment
$3,459Sale Price|20% Off
Conceptual Abstract IV - British Sixties abstract art oil painting female artist
Located in Hagley, England
This striking conceptual abstract oil painting is by British artist Penelope Ellis. It was painted in 1962. A superb image and ahead of the conceptual ideas of the swinging sixties a...
Oil
Vermeer's Lacemaker, Pop Art Lithograph by George Deem
By George Deem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Deem, American (1932 - 2008) Title: Vermeer's Lacemaker Year: Circa 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 40 Image Size: 22 x 18 inches Si...
Lithograph
$1,850
Solitude Mood -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Artist, 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...
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
First Person III, Signed Conceptual Chromogenic Print by Anne Collier
By Anne Collier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Anne Collier produces sparse still lifes of found objects using a technique of re-photography that is informed as much by West Coast conceptual art practices as by product photograph...
Black and White, Photography
Wise Women - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. The thematic expression of this art piece was crafted from the experience of what women especially wives and mothers had to go through to ensure that their homes were sustained. This art piece tends to inform her female audience; most especially intending wives and mothers that what keeps the home is not primarily in the acquisition of degrees and certifications but in having the requisite knowledge and consciously fulfilling their role as home builders. About Artist Oluwatobiloba Amusan...
Ink, Acrylic, Paper
$2,207
Painting made with a painter's cotton t-shirt and tissue paper, red and white
By Peter Kramer
Located in Carballo, ES
Painting made by Peter Kramer with a t-shirt found on Malpica beach, belonging to a ship painter. The painting is made with handmade tissue paper. The measurements are 80 x 80 cm. F...
Cotton, Acrylic, Tissue Paper
Dramma in Nove Versi, Conceptual Art Lithograph with Screenprint
Located in Long Island City, NY
This enigmatic lithograph titled “Dramma in Nove Versi” (Drama in Nine Verses) presents a Conceptual Art exploration of text and visual poetry through Textual Art practices. The comp...
Lithograph, Screen
$1,800
TWO SPACES - Expressive Charcoal On Paper Painting, Black White Drawing
Located in Hallein, AT
The work is on 1 paper. Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. The artwork is unframed and will be...
Paper, Charcoal
Paintbrushes (Orange Red and Green) IV
Located in Long Island City, NY
An accumulation sculpture of paintbrushes by the great accumulator sculptor, Arman. This work features 13 paintbrushes with various shades of paint in oranges, greens, and reds again...
Resin, Paint
"Under construction", Painting with concrete on paper, Land art / Earthworks
By TUSET
Located in Carballo, ES
This new series of works by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña) shows us a completely unique dynamic. In these works he uses the concrete of the construction as picto...
Concrete
Cell Phone Chargers, Conceptual Ultrachrome Inkjet Print by Chris Jordan
By Chris Jordan
Located in Long Island City, NY
“Cell Phone Chargers” is an ultrachrome pigmented inkjet print by American artist Chris Jordan (b. 1963), dated 2004, edition 9/9. The photograph depicts a dense mass of black cell p...
Photography
"Untitled 1.18" Still Life Photography 16' x 24' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.18" Still Life Photography 16' x 24' in Ed of 15 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Not framed. Ships rolled in tu...
Digital Pigment
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, CT
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Lithograph
Untitled III. Self Portrait. Limited Edition Color Nude Photograph
By Jose Sierra
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This work is the result of an artistic residence outside his 'study'.The artist worked on a different ecosystem, a house of vernacular architecture built in 1913 in the department of...
Color, Archival Pigment
Cocoon II, Conceptual Lithograph by Adam Styka
By Adam Styka
Located in Long Island City, NY
Adam Styka, Polish (1940 - ) - Cocoon II, Year: 1985, Medium: Lithograph, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: Trial Proof, Size: 22.5 x 30 in. (57.15 x 76.2 cm)
Lithograph
George Peabody Library, Baltimore, Interior Architecture Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This masterful photograph by renowned architectural photographer Reinhard Görner captures the timeless elegance of the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. Known as the 'cathedral of...
C Print, Lambda
$1,278
Lava painting, expressionist, blue yellow and red, three-dimensional playground
By Ruth Vidal
Located in Carballo, ES
This year, 2024, the artist Ruth Vidal (1998, Isla de Arousa) launches her latest research into painting and games. These works are based on the references that the artist draws from...
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Limiting Beliefs
Located in Zofingen, AG
How often are we held back from deciding by the many limiting beliefs and frameworks instilled in us from birth by our immediate environment and society? These limiting beliefs are a...
Canvas, Oil
$1,850
Timeless Reflection - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, 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...
Canvas, Acrylic
Grand Opening, Lello Bookshop, Portugal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
60 x 40 inches ed. of 10 75 x 50 inches ed. of 7 90 x 60 inches ed. of 5 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the m...
Lambda
MERCANTILISM
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting depicts abundance in two dimensions: material abundance, symbolized by golden eggs, and spiritual abundance, because our greatest wealth is our children, the continuati...
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photograph Surrealist Fake Limb Prosthetic Factory Photo
By Shimon Attie
Located in Surfside, FL
These are vintage prints from the 1980's. The last photo shows of a label from an accompanying piece (there were three sequence shots in this series) but is not on this piece. They l...
Silver Gelatin
$6,200
TODAY - large format (framed) photograph of conceptual billboard sign at night
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
billboard against ultramarine blue night sky, a large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboards in landscape of the ...
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Ar...
$2,189
Flora 35, 2015 - Limited Edition Photographic Color Print, Still Life Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 35, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 35 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$729
Set of Three Framed Singapore Stamp Collection, Orchid Floral Color Photograph
Located in Cambridge, GB
30 Cents Singapore Orchid, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection. These historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcards fro...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$2,200
MAYBE - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of a billboard signage against ultramarine blue night sky, from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana roadside signs and billboards ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Unique piece, Photography made without a camera, Rayogram, Water and plants
Located in Carballo, ES
Ana Paes (A Guarda, 1982) makes us aware of the interstices that exist between one plane and another, shows us that this apparent continuity of the image-movement is, in fact, only a...
Photographic Paper
$2,189
Flora 34, 2015 - Limited Edition Color Photographic Print Botanical Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 34, 2015 by Marisa Culatto Flora 34 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,189
Flora 32, 2015 - Limited Edition Color Print, Botanical Still Life Photography
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 32, 2015 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. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$2,189
Flora 17, 2015 - Limited Edition Photographic Still Life Print, Color Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Flora 17, 2015 by Marissa Culatto Flora 17 is a Giclée print on Ultra Bright Hahnemuehle paper, available in this size only from a Limited Edition of 6. Culatto's new series 'Flora...
Photographic Paper, Color, Giclée
$1,850
Help 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...
Canvas, Acrylic, Archival Ink