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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
Fires 8, 2018 - Autumnal Seasonal Landscape in Ancient English Woodland

Fires 8, 2018 - Autumnal Seasonal Landscape in Ancient English Woodland

By Ellie Davies

Located in Brighton, GB

Fires 8, 2018 - Autumnal Seasonal Landscape in Ancient English Woodland by Ellie Davies Fires 8 by Ellie Davies is a stunning Digital C-Type Print on Fuji Maxima Matte paper, availa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, Digital, C Print, Color

Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard
Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard

Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large format photograph of a billboard signage in California desert landscape, from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana roadside signs and billboards cap...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, 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

Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video
Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video

Fritz Horstman, Kannagawa Voices, 2015, Video

By Fritz Horstman

Located in Darien, CT

While working on a large building project several years ago the artist, Fritz Horstman was struck by the poetry in the unfinished state of the construction site. He was drawn specifically to the space between the plywood walls that were raised as formworks for the pouring of cement. That space could only exist for a few hours before the cement truck...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Video

Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Corporate World - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

By Oluwatobiloba Amusan

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

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

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Acrylic, Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Seeking Perfection -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman Modern
Seeking Perfection -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman Modern

Seeking Perfection -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Woman Modern

By Michael Adetula

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Seeking Perfection portrays a young lady clutching a book titled How to Behave on a First Date, her expression a mixture of hope and apprehension. This artwork explores the societal ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Archival Ink, Acrylic

Best Friend - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love, Cat
Best Friend - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love, Cat

Best Friend - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love, Cat

By Abayomi Odetomi

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, Fred Langford Edwards

Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, Fred Langford Edwards

By Fred Langford Edwards

Located in Carballo, ES

Fred Langford Edwards turns what seems like documentary research (analogue photographs of curious objects that the artist finds on the beach) into an art of wonder. In this extensive...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper

Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters
Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters

Enduring Echoes 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Old Masters

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Enduring Echoes portrays a striking and vibrant portrait of a man, set against a bold and contrasting background. The artist uses a rich palette of purples, reds, and oranges, highli...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Impromptu
Impromptu

Impromptu

By Savannah Spirit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In Savannah Spirit’s photograph, a woman in black garters and a flowing green tulle skirt with pink flower accents is caught mid-motion, her delicate hand drifting into the frame as ...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Eye, Signed Conceptual Earth Art Lithograph by Colette

The Eye, Signed Conceptual Earth Art Lithograph by Colette

By Colette

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Colette Title: The Eye Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 25 X 17 inches Size: 29.5 in. x 22 in. (74.93 cm x 5...

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1970s Conceptual Art

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Lithograph

Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign
Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign

Billboard - large scale monochromatic photograph of iconic Americana road sign

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

a monochromatic photographic homage to artist Ed Ruscha from a series of iconic Americana roadside billboard signs and conceptual signage BILLBOARD by Frank Schott 48 x 76 inches...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

YES - XXL format photograph of conceptual motivational message sign at night
YES - XXL format photograph of conceptual motivational message sign at night

YES - XXL format photograph of conceptual motivational message sign at night

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana signs in landscape of the American West YES by Frank Schott 58 x 81 inches (...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Wet Market, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Fish Tank Color Photography
Wet Market, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Fish Tank Color Photography

Wet Market, Kowloon, Hong Kong - Fish Tank Color Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

'Wet Market', part of a series Richard Heeps series taken on the streets of Kong Kong in 2013 where he wanted his photographs to be metaphors for the layered, dense living in the Cit...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Green - Floral color photo
Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Green - Floral color photo

Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Green - Floral color photo

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

30 Cents Singapore Orchid Green, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection. This historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcards from Afar' have been given a twenty-first century pop art lease of life. The fine detailed tapestry of the original small postage stamp has been brought to life, made unique by the franking stamp and Heidler & Heeps specialist darkroom process. This artwork is a limited edition of 25 gloss photographic c-print, dry-mounted to aluminium, presented in a museum board white window mount and a choice of black or white box frame fitted with anti-reflective UV70% glass. It is signed and numbered on reverse accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. This artwork is available in other sizes. Be sure to look at Heidler & Heeps other artworks listed on 1stDibs as they are great paired for interior design projects. Following on from the hugely successful ‘Vinyl Collection’, Natasha Heidler & Richard Heeps have collaborated again, drawing from the childhood past time of stamp collecting...

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2010s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Little Companion Acrylic Painting, Conceptual Style, 21st Century
Little Companion Acrylic Painting, Conceptual Style, 21st Century

Little Companion Acrylic Painting, Conceptual Style, 21st Century

By Aba Linus

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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 Authent...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Comfort Zone Oil Painting on Canvas, Conceptual 21st Century Art
Comfort Zone Oil Painting on Canvas, Conceptual 21st Century Art

Comfort Zone Oil Painting on Canvas, Conceptual 21st Century Art

By John Ali

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

In the captivating artwork titled "Comfort Zone," artist John Ali masterfully captures the essence of introspection and the complex interplay between identity and personal space. The...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Identical Twin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural
Identical Twin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural

Identical Twin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Indigenous Art, Cultural

By Oluwatobiloba Amusan

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. Having been nurtured by a Yoruba father who happens to be a twin was a major inspiration for creating this painting. In Yoruba culture, twins are considered a special blessing from God. They are mostly called ‘ibeji’ which means twins. In Yoruba society, twins are given special names, such as Taiwo (meaning “first to taste the world“) and Kehinde (meaning “second to taste the world”). It is mostly believed that twins have special privileges and are accompanied by several fortunes. About Artist Oluwatobiloba Amusan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Miami Inspired Art Deco Still Life, Studio54, Pastel Tones Disco Lights, Purple
Miami Inspired Art Deco Still Life, Studio54, Pastel Tones Disco Lights, Purple

Miami Inspired Art Deco Still Life, Studio54, Pastel Tones Disco Lights, Purple

By Ryan Rivadeneyra

Located in Barcelona, ES

"Sexy Miami Futuristic Cocktail Lounge" is a series of photographs by Ryan Rivadeneyra inspired by the Art Deco colors of Miami that show beautiful objects and textures arranged meti...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, G...

Car Festival at Puri India original vintagea travel poster
Car Festival at Puri India original vintagea travel poster

Car Festival at Puri India original vintagea travel poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage travel poster Car Festival at Puri India. Archival linen-backed lithograph in fine condition, ready to frame. At this festival, the public gathers and pull a chari...

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1950s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

Untitled - Contemporary, Polaroid

Untitled - Contemporary, Polaroid

By xulong zhang

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

'Untitled' (Chinese Classical) - 2003 - 26 cm x 32cm. Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival print, POLAROID 809 Emulsion Transfer. Signed, embossed stamp and artist certificate. Not mounted. Short Bio: Xulong Zhang has been engaged in fashion portrait photography for 30 years and loves Polaroid photography. In 2000, he began to develop Polaroid photography and traveled to 34 countries for his photography. Vita: 1999 Has won the title “Ten Elites” in the 3rd China Portrait Photography. 2000 Named the World Chinese Artist, known as “The Prince of Album” 2001 September, CCTV special report on “Zhang Xulong’s Body Art Photography” gained strong feedback from the community. 2002 January, published “Strategies for Commercial Portrait Photograph” by Zhejiang Photography Publishing. 2002 February, launched the concept of “Tang Yun” and greatly accepted by the market. His idea has spread across whole China’s photography industry. 2002 July, launched the concept of “Picasso’s scene backdrop” for kids photography and shocking the whole industry. 2002 August, published “Ms.Tang’s Body Art Portrait Album”, the first female body photography in China, by People’s Arts Publishing 2002 September, a personal exhibition entitled “seeing memory” in the ancient city of Shanxi Province, the 2nd session of the Pingyao International Photography Festival. In December of 2002, he was invited to give lectures in Malaysia and auction off the “Fruitful Achievements” exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, donating all money to the Kuala Lumpur Charitable aid for nursing homes and orphanages, won the "goodwill ambassador" title of honor in Kuala Lumpur. 2003 February-March, held the exhibition of “White Valentines” at Beijing International Trade and Exhibition Centre. December 2003, pioneered the new concept of "Royal Wedding", and completed the album of “Invasion 2004” wedding photography books published by Jilin art press. In December 2003 was awarded the 2003 annual contribution of the Chinese human body photography. 2003 Published “China Portrait Culture”. 2004 January, published Body Art & Portrait album “Chun Hua Qiu Shi”. 2004 March, held the exhibition of “Body Art & Portrait photography” in Chengdu. 2004 May, featured on a special report of “Match En China” in Paris. 2004 September, Pingyao international photography festival held entitled "the ambiguity of ancient legacy" xu-long Zhang body art exhibition 2005 August. 2005 August, accept the German star weekly "Der Stern" special report of “China nude” photography...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)
Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)

Jenny Holzer Celebrating Printed Matter, New York 1986 (announcement)

By Jenny Holzer

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jenny Holzer, Ten for Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter, 10th-anniversary reading, New York, 1986, Announcement Card Rare, Jenny Holzer 1980s announcement card published on the occasion of Ten for Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter - the 10th-anniversary reading. The event was held at The Great Hall of Cooper Union on November 19, 1986. It featured John Giorno, Eric Bogosian, Constance DeJong, Richard Prince, Cookie Mueller, Roz Chast, Richard Nonas...

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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Offset

Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Blue - Floral color photo
Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Blue - Floral color photo

Singapore Stamp Collection, 30c Singapore Orchid Blue - Floral color photo

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

30 Cents Singapore Orchid Blue, from the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection. This historic postage stamps that make up the Heidler & Heeps Stamp Collection, Singapore Series 'Postcards...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling
Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling

Radiance of Joy 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, African, Women, Happily Smiling

By Bakare Abubakri-sideeq Babatunde

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide 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 Authen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil 19, 2020, Photograph on aluminum

Katherine Jackson, Little Oil 19, 2020, Photograph on aluminum

By Katherine Jackson

Located in Darien, CT

There are two Little Oil installations available with 6 sculptures each on top of LED light boxes. Little Oil 19 is a digital photographic print on aluminum for the flat files. Katherine Jackson has been working with glass and light together for many years, Recently, she's been making glass castings of vintage oil cans, and displaying them -- singly, in small groupings, or in vitrines -- on light boxes. So far she has created about 90, each one unique. The series is called Little Oil, alluding to Big Oil, and sometimes Small Oils, as in oil painting. But “oil” can mean many things. It has been a source of light (sometimes from unconscionable sources) since ancient times as well as a source of eternal light in many faith traditions. Set atop lightboxes, where each work glows from within, these pieces can simply seem like vessels of light itself. At times, they appear to me to transcend their relation to oil altogether, appearing anthropomorphic or creaturely, even biological. These days, I think of them as archeological artifacts, relics of a past, oil-based, civilization. Necropolis is a print of a painting inspired by a map of the necropolis where the terra cotta soldiers...

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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Glass, LED Light, Pigment

TODAY - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night
TODAY - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night

TODAY - large format photograph of conceptual motivational billboard at night

By Frank Schott

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale original photograph of a billboard signage against ultramarine blue night sky from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana signs...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

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

Christo, Lower Manhattan Packed Buildings (Monuments) - Signed Print
Christo, Lower Manhattan Packed Buildings (Monuments) - Signed Print

Christo, Lower Manhattan Packed Buildings (Monuments) - Signed Print

By Christo

Located in Hamburg, DE

Christo (American-Bulgarian, b. 1935) Lower Manhattan Packed Buildings (2 Broadway and 20 Exchange Place, from Monuments), 1968 Medium: Offset and screen print on Bristol board Dimen...

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20th Century Conceptual Art

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Offset, Screen

"Untitled Abstract Village with Horses, Color Lithograph, 20th Century"

"Untitled Abstract Village with Horses, Color Lithograph, 20th Century"

Located in Belgrade, MT

This piece is from my private collection of 20th Century -21st Century artists, many of which are from the School of Paris era. Pelayo produced this lithograph in colors. The Latin American spirit...

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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

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Paint, Lithograph

Prisoner's Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women
Prisoner's Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women

Prisoner's Dilemma -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Women

By BEMI

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. Centered on mental health and its “invisibility”. This painting explores the mental and emotional conflict caused by dissociation between Imposed labels and self-identity. In the worthy pursuit of freedom from the endless constructs of this world, we hope to not become imprisoned by our minds. About Artist Gbemi Smart...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Beyond Shadows Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century
Beyond Shadows Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century

Beyond Shadows Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Conceptual, 21st Century

By Aba Linus

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

"Beyond Shadows," an evocative artwork by Aba Linus, captures a profound and tender moment of connection between two women. In this piece, the two figures are depicted resting on eac...

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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter
Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter

Orthochromatic Positive - Black & White Photography of a Typewriter

By Samuel Field

Located in Cambridge, GB

Samuel Field's still life of an Olivetti Typewriter, is given depth in the orthochromatic process he has used. Isolated in monochrome you appreciate the details of this vintage utili...

Category

1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Silver Gelatin

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.