conceptual art
noun
often capitalized C
: an art form in which the artist's intent is to convey a concept rather than to create an art object
conceptual artist
noun
often capitalized C
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Her drawings, photos and conceptual art pieces were exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
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Chloe Veltman, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024
Coppola published two books, Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now and Notes on a Life, and her drawings, photos, and conceptual art pieces have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Staged inside the Green Gallery in Midtown Manhattan, the room was a poignant display of place and loss in the form of deadpan conceptual art.
—Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
In New York, Rukh Art Hub is hosting a new, conceptual art show, SHERO, featuring 27 prominent Ukrainian contemporary artists who portray the power and beauty of women.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The producer, who was a graduate of the American School in London, earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University where he is said to have made a mark creating conceptual art pieces.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
The book is at once a fascinating historical record, with covers that represent art movements including Pop Art, postmodernism, and conceptual art, as well as a gorgeous art piece in itself that will look great on anyone’s coffee table.
—Vulture, 13 Nov. 2023
Women Land Artists Get Their Due in Dallas The stars of land art, the conceptual art movement that rose to prominence in the 1960s and ’70s, have mostly been men.
—Zoey Poll Kin Woo Rima Suqi Zoey Poll Roxanne Fequiere Gisela Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Read full article In the mid-1960s, when conceptual art, pop art and minimalist sculpture were in the ascendancy and painting was declared dead by many critics and artists, Brice Marden issued a powerful counterstatement.
—William Grimes, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
Chloe Veltman, NPR, 13 Apr. 2024
Coppola published two books, Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now and Notes on a Life, and her drawings, photos, and conceptual art pieces have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Staged inside the Green Gallery in Midtown Manhattan, the room was a poignant display of place and loss in the form of deadpan conceptual art.
—Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
In New York, Rukh Art Hub is hosting a new, conceptual art show, SHERO, featuring 27 prominent Ukrainian contemporary artists who portray the power and beauty of women.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The producer, who was a graduate of the American School in London, earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University where he is said to have made a mark creating conceptual art pieces.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
The book is at once a fascinating historical record, with covers that represent art movements including Pop Art, postmodernism, and conceptual art, as well as a gorgeous art piece in itself that will look great on anyone’s coffee table.
—Vulture, 13 Nov. 2023
Women Land Artists Get Their Due in Dallas The stars of land art, the conceptual art movement that rose to prominence in the 1960s and ’70s, have mostly been men.
—Zoey Poll Kin Woo Rima Suqi Zoey Poll Roxanne Fequiere Gisela Williams, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Read full article In the mid-1960s, when conceptual art, pop art and minimalist sculpture were in the ascendancy and painting was declared dead by many critics and artists, Brice Marden issued a powerful counterstatement.
—William Grimes, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
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