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What is conceptual art in contemporary art?
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In contemporary art, conceptual art is a movement that began in the 1960s. Artists producing conceptual art assign more importance to the idea behind the art than to the piece itself. An example is Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs, a piece consisting of a real chair, a photograph of a chair and the dictionary definition of the word chair. When the work was displayed, Kosuth included instructions for any chair to be photographed and then displayed beside its image. In this way, the chair itself is not the artwork. Rather, the art comes from examining the way the object, image and words provide competing and complementary definitions of what a chair is. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024
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Layne Rowe, Longevity, 2023
By Layne Rowe
Located in Manchester, GB
Layne Rowe, Longevity, 2023
Hotworked canes, free-blown and carved glass
H25 x W24 x D28cm
“For nearly a thousand years Venetian glass making has given us glass art, a long histo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Winter Flower / Abstract monochrome. Published in Art book CELEBRITY MASTERS.
Located in Zofingen, AG
What could be more beautiful than the human soul, which retains its kindness and love in all circumstances of life.
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Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
Simon Shepherd, Divide and Conker, 2023
Located in Manchester, GB
Divide and Conker
Ceramic and resin sculpture
15 7/10 × 15 7/10 × 9.8 in 40 × 40 × 25 cm
Edition of 3
Divide and Conker is a freestanding piece of ceramic sculpture which has been ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Resin
Constant Gardener-Original Large Oil-British Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf-Expression
Located in London, GB
[Constant Gardener] and [Memory Landscape Series] are projects Shizico Yi began in 2015. She explores the forms, layers, and materials to express the relationship between space, time...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
WPA "New Americana" Exceptional Antique 1941 WPA Exhibited Carnegie Painting
Located in Exton, PA
Monumental, important WPA painting by Percy Albee. The painting is oil canvass measuring 36" x 48". Titled verso "New Americana", this WPA painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Inst...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Théophile Emmanuel Duverger, Backstage
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by French artist Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821-1886) depicts a young woman preparing a chil...
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1870s French School Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil