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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
Body full of salt and pink water, lagoon, pop art, surreal photography.
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 50 x 50 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper

Floor full of pink salt, yellow sponge, surreal shadows, coquette pop art.
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 40 x 60 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper

Surreal photography, pop art, blue, water and tide, imagination.
Located in Carballo, ES
The photograph measures 50 x 50 cm. It is printed on matte Hahnehmühle paper. The dimension of time for María Moldes (Pontevedra, 1974) is used as a weapon of resistance against wha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper

Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 7 Etching Spanish Contemporary Conceptualism Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 7 Date of creation: 1991 Medium: Etching on Paper Edition: 75 Size: 98 x 69 cm Condition: In very good conditions and never framed Observations: Etching on p...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Etching

History Lesson : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary work of art by Christine Graf. A collage work of art created using rust, canvas and book. Graf skillfully employs unconventional materials and everyday objects when cre...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Paper

Homage to Hannelore Baron : mixed media collage
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary work of art by Christine Graf. A collage work of art created using rust, string and vintage book. Graf skillfully employs unconventional materials and everyday objects ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media, Thread, Paper

Trier-Ehrang, D, 1982/2009, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Limited Edition, Industrial
Located in Zug, CH
Bernd and Hilla Becher Trier-Ehrang, D, 1982/2009 2009 Gelatin Silverprint 24 × 18 cm (9.4 × 7.1 in) Signed and numbered Edition of 100 In mint condition PLEASE NOTE: Images of edit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Silver Gelatin

Shadows on Paper, Nr 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Ulrike Königshofer Shadows on Paper, Nr 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography Signed Print, not framed 100 x 70 cm Edition 2/3+1 AP In her works, the artist Ulrike ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print

Process (2)
Located in Sempach, LU
This is the second picture from the "Process" series. In this picture I continue to reflect on the possibility of fixing the creative process of co-creation of a work of art
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Process (1)
Located in Sempach, LU
This is the first picture from the "Process" series. In this art, I artistically describe how the process of creating an image takes place, from idea to embodiment
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

The Beef Sisters - May - Unique Polaroid - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester May - 2023 Original Polaroid, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in fr...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

The Beef Sisters - Kate - Unique Polaroid - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Kate - 2023 Original Polaroid, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in f...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

The Beef Sisters - Ella - Unique Polaroid - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Ella - 2023 Original Polaroid, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in f...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

The Beef Sisters - Emily - Unique Polaroid - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Emily - 2023 Original Polaroid, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

The Beef Sisters - Page - Unique Polaroids - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Page - 2023 Original Polaroids, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

The Beef Sisters - Pip - Unique Polaroids - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Pip - 2023 Original Polaroids, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in f...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

The Beef Sisters - Shosh - Unique Polaroids - Contemporary, Youth, Photograph
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Shosh - 2023 Original Polaroids, mixed media. 10.7 x 8.8 cm (total), 7.8 x 7.6 cm (image area). Signed in...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Conceptual Lawn Mower Sculpture Grass Unique Large White Green Large Cut
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 a journey into the shadows ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

The Beef Sisters - Ella and May - 16 unique Polaroids
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Beef Sisters A Polaroid-based art series by Kris 'Curtiz' De Meester Ella and May - 2023 16 original Polaroids, mixed media. 50x50cm installed. Signed in front. "The Beef S...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Polaroid

Surreal to Conceptual Distortion Color Walls With Montreal Museum Napoleon
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Rosenthal’s Conceptual Photography is a concrete manifestation of complex inner stresses from external realities of all kinds: physical, familial, political, religious, time, space and relentless travel. Rosenthal begins by shooting surreal photographs in a kind of trance-state. She believes that the resultant images, and the Conceptual Distortions created from them, reveal elements of both her particular personality and psychological states, and reach the same in the viewers’ own. In artist’s own words: “I gave myself a camera and promised not to interfere.” During this decade of relentless exhibition and travel, Rosenthal has been shooting several hundred rolls of color and BW 35mm film with analog Olympus OM...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Archival Pigment

Surreal to Conceptual Distortion Color Walls With Post-hospital Bathtub Photo
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Rosenthal’s Conceptual Photography is a concrete manifestation of complex inner stresses from external realities of all kinds: physical, familial, political, religious, time, space and relentless travel. Rosenthal begins by shooting surreal photographs in a kind of trance-state. She believes that the resultant images, and the Conceptual Distortions created from them, reveal elements of both her particular personality and psychological states, and reach the same in the viewers’ own. In artist’s own words: “I gave myself a camera and promised not to interfere.” During this decade of relentless exhibition and travel, Rosenthal has been shooting several hundred rolls of color and BW 35mm film with analog Olympus OM...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Archival Pigment

«City mirror NO42_ New York World Trade Center »
Located in Porto, 13
"Through Traveling You're Able To Understand The World & Find Endless Inspiration" - Lixian Cai Lixian began to travel outside of China, documenting each ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Could AI develop emotions?
Located in MADRID, ES
Ai has no emotions but can simulate them. Maybe there will also be AI with real emotions in the future. At worst, they could look like the sculpture.
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Wood

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

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Paper, Ink

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media

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 Élisabe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print, Color

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 Élisabe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print, Color

Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, 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

SONG BLUES #5 by ELLA BATS, Inkjet Printing on Fine Art Paper on Aluminium
Located in PARIS, FR
The series ‘SONG BLUES’ is an exploration of what emanates from our feelings and emotions. I am fascinated by the border between our inner world and the external world. Radiation...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, Giclée

Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridge Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Condé born in Hamilton in 1940. Beveridge born in Ottawa in 1945. Both live an...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

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C Print, Color

Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
Located in Surfside, FL
Referencing immigrants and the disabled. Social commentary conceptual artwork. Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridg...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

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C Print, Color

Conceptual Contemporary Art Color Photograph, Social Commentary
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Deaccessioned from a New York University. Condé + Beveridge Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge Condé born in Hamilton in 1940. Beveridge born in Ottawa in 1945. Both live ...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual Art

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C Print, Color

Iain Baxter& "Kissing Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with Sandwich Maker in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist. For over forty years, Baxter& has continually produced works that question the role of art as commodity and as a medium for cultural commentary. Among his many innovations, Baxter& was the first artist to adopt a corporate persona: in 1966, he formed the N.E. Thing Company. NETCO output ranged from conceptual, satirical, vacuum-formed still lives to post-modern appropriations of famous artworks. His recent work includes neon signs, ‘animal preserves’, a grocery cart of ‘GMO’s’ (genetically modified organisms) and installations using obsolete technology.) He is a painter, photographer, sculptor, mixed media artist, installationist, film & video maker, interventionist & performance artist who has been a forerunner of conceptual art in Canada. BAXTER& has been considered the Marshall McLuhan of Visual Arts in Canada. Continuous themes in his work include information technology, landscape, art as commodity, & environmental & ecological concerns. These prominent themes throughout BAXTER&‘s work are often met with wit, parody, satire & word-play. Through his art, teaching, and mentorship, BAXTER& has widely influenced Canadian art, creating new movements such as the Vancouver School of Photo-conceptualism and blurring the lines between private and public through his N.E. Thing Co. among many other impactful projects. He has also directly influenced major Canadian artists, including Stan Douglas, Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall, Roy Arden, Ken Lum and Rodney Graham. BAXTER& has exhibited throughout Canada and internationally in the United States, China, Korea, Japan, and Europe including at the Guggenheim New York, The National Gallery of Canada & the Canadian Cultural Center in Paris, France, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York & the Tate Modern, London. In 2011, BAXTER&’s work was compiled into a major retrospective IAIN BAXTER&: 1958--‐2011, organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario & The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. His work can be found in collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Vancouver Art Gallery, the F.R.A.C Art Museum in Bretagne, France, the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, The Netherlands, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, & the Tate Modern, London. He is a Member of the Royal Canadian Academy. His work was included in the seminal Made of Plastic show that included Abe Ajay...
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20th Century Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Iain Baxter& "Dislodging Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Landscape with barbecue grill in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist. For over forty years, Baxter& has continually produced works that question the role of art as commodity and as a medium for cultural commentary. Among his many innovations, Baxter& was the first artist to adopt a corporate persona: in 1966, he formed the N.E. Thing Company. NETCO output ranged from conceptual, satirical, vacuum-formed still lives to post-modern appropriations of famous artworks. His recent work includes neon signs, ‘animal preserves’, a grocery cart of ‘GMO’s’ (genetically modified organisms) and installations using obsolete technology.) He is a painter, photographer, sculptor, mixed media artist, installationist, film & video maker, interventionist & performance artist who has been a forerunner of conceptual art in Canada. BAXTER& has been considered the Marshall McLuhan of Visual Arts in Canada. Continuous themes in his work include information technology, landscape, art as commodity, & environmental & ecological concerns. These prominent themes throughout BAXTER&‘s work are often met with wit, parody, satire & word-play. Through his art, teaching, and mentorship, BAXTER& has widely influenced Canadian art, creating new movements such as the Vancouver School of Photo-conceptualism and blurring the lines between private and public through his N.E. Thing Co. among many other impactful projects. He has also directly influenced major Canadian artists, including Stan Douglas, Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall, Roy Arden, Ken Lum...
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20th Century Conceptual Art

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Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Shadows on Paper, Nr 2 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Ulrike Königshofer Shadows on Paper, Nr 2 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography 100 x 70 cm Edition 3/3+1 AP Signed photo print, not framed In her works, the artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print

Opportunity
Located in Miami, FL
"Opportunity" is a contemporary sculpture by Beatriz Gerenstein that offers a comment on how precious, fragile, and short-lived the opportunities we have throughout our lives are. Gr...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Bronze, Iron

What Goes Around Comes Around # 1
Located in Miami, FL
In this work, Beatriz Gerenstein explores the mystery of the circle and the universal energies. We share our drive and passion with others and the universe around us. The light comes...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Stainless Steel

Shadows on Paper, Nr 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography
Located in Vienna, AT
Ulrike Königshofer Shadows on Paper, Nr 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography 100 x 70 cm Edition 3/3+1 AP Signed photo print, not framed In her works, the artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print

Drago glass treasury container object — volume IX no. 13
Located in Helsinki, FI
glass treasury, volume IX no. 13, smoky gray with a wooden lid Drago is a sculptural glassware that explores the concept of a treasury — the power of a container object to reflect ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Glass, Blown Glass, Wood

Drago glass treasury container object — volume IX no. 10
Located in Helsinki, FI
glass treasury, volume IX no. 10, steamy translucent Drago is a sculptural glassware that explores the concept of a treasury — the power of a container object to reflect the value ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Glass, Blown Glass, Wood

Two is Good
Located in Miami, FL
"Two is Good" represents our dual world. Beatriz Gerenstein uses abstraction to confront the viewer with the reality that our world is filled with contrasts yet in constant pursuit o...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

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Bronze

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.

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