Questions & Answers
Our trusted network of 1stDibs sellers answer common questions
What is conceptual art in contemporary art?
1 Answer
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
Related Questions
- What is the meaning of Conceptual art?1 Answer
- What is contemporary art?1 Answer
- What did Sol LeWitt say about conceptual art?1 Answer
- What are the characteristics of contemporary art?1 Answer
- What are the contemporary art genres?1 Answer
Shop for Art on 1stDibs
Repos dans un champs de coquelicots - Pointillist Landscape Oil by Yvonne Canu
By Yvonne Canu
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...
Category
1960s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Anthony Van Dyck workshop (Baroque) - 17th century figure painting - Deposition
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in Varmo, IT
Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck (17th century) - The Deposition.
100 x 130 cm without frame, 117 x 147 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a lacquered and gilded woo...
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orientalist: "Arabian Horsemen" dated 1903 André Chaumière
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Fantasia of Arabian Horsemen" dated 1903
André Chaumière (French, XlX-XX)
Oil on canvas
Handcrafted original wood frame with bronze applique
20 3/4 x 12 3/4 (28 1/2 x 20 frame) inc...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Blue Tit's Egg, Original Painting, Egg , Nature, Still life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blue Tit's Egg is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Slim Aarons 'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Official Limited Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in London, GB
'Keep Your Cool' 1978 Slim Aarons Limited Estate Edition
Carmen Alvarez enjoying a game of backgammon with Frank ‘Brandy’ Brandstetter
in a swimming pool at Acapulco.
Slim Aarons ...
Category
1970s Modern Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Colourful Impasto Abstract Wild Flower Painting by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Impasto Abstract Wild Flower Painting by Contemporary British Artist, Evelina Vine
Art measures 8 x 8 inches
Frame measures 16 x 16 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil