conceptualist
noun
con·cep·tu·al·ist
kən-ˈsep-chə-wə-list 
-chü-ə-,
-chə-list,
-shwə-list
: an adherent to the tenets of conceptualism or of conceptual art
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Einstürzende Neubauten have always been expert conceptualists — true artists who create works meant to be interpreted and felt more than to be intellectualized.
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Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Instead, the gallery has nurtured a new generation of West Coast conceptualists who apply the philosophical rigor and satirical swagger of the 1960s and ’70s to contemporary issues like marginalization and decolonization.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Among them are Faith Ringgold and Charles White, the distinguished elders of the exhibition; Lorna Simpson and David Hammons, celebrated conceptualists of the ’80s and ’90s; and a troupe of younger artists including Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Sondra Perry and Farah Al Qasimi.
—New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
He, in turn, was trained by the conceptualist John Baldessari at the California Institute of the Arts in the 1970s and has a style that absorbs a diverse set of influences, from the Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico to the New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Kate Bush — This one-of-a-kind English singer, songwriter and musical conceptualist counted the late Prince among her high-profile admirers.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
Pop conceptualist Billy Apple (born Barrie Bates), who made his name a work of art and his art a brand, is dead at 85.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
He is also compared to artists such as German conceptualist Martin Kippenberger quite often, which is not exactly an insult.
—Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2022
This great quasi-conceptualist who changed the course of art with art that ruptured definitions is now one of the most devoted craftsmen of painting alive.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Instead, the gallery has nurtured a new generation of West Coast conceptualists who apply the philosophical rigor and satirical swagger of the 1960s and ’70s to contemporary issues like marginalization and decolonization.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Among them are Faith Ringgold and Charles White, the distinguished elders of the exhibition; Lorna Simpson and David Hammons, celebrated conceptualists of the ’80s and ’90s; and a troupe of younger artists including Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Sondra Perry and Farah Al Qasimi.
—New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
He, in turn, was trained by the conceptualist John Baldessari at the California Institute of the Arts in the 1970s and has a style that absorbs a diverse set of influences, from the Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico to the New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
Kate Bush — This one-of-a-kind English singer, songwriter and musical conceptualist counted the late Prince among her high-profile admirers.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
Pop conceptualist Billy Apple (born Barrie Bates), who made his name a work of art and his art a brand, is dead at 85.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
He is also compared to artists such as German conceptualist Martin Kippenberger quite often, which is not exactly an insult.
—Dallas News, 22 Mar. 2022
This great quasi-conceptualist who changed the course of art with art that ruptured definitions is now one of the most devoted craftsmen of painting alive.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2021
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