Conceptual art

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Conceptual art is an art movement in which the underlying idea or concept takes precedence over traditional aesthetic, material, or technical concerns.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Conceptual art canonical 14
Conceptual Art 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art genre
art movement
associatedWith Art & Language
Joseph Kosuth
Lawrence Weiner
On Kawara
Sol LeWitt
Yoko Ono
challenges commercialization of art
traditional authorship
deemphasizes material concerns
technical skill
traditional aesthetics
developedFrom 1960s avant-garde movements
documentedBy artists’ statements
photographic records
typed instructions
emergedInPeriod 1960s
emergedInRegion United States of America
surface form: United States

Western Europe
emphasizes documentation
instruction-based works
linguistic elements
process over object
focusesOn concept
idea
hasKeyText Art after Philosophy
Paragraphs on Conceptual Art
hasLegacyIn concept-driven installation art
contemporary art
relational aesthetics
influencedBy Dada
Fluxus
Minimalism
language philosophy
oftenUses installation
performance
photography
readymades
text
peakActivityPeriod 1970s
late 1960s
prioritizes conceptual problem-solving
intellectual engagement
questions institutional frameworks of art
nature of art
role of the art object
relatedTo institutional critique
land art
performance art

Referenced by (16)

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Marcel Duchamp movement Conceptual art
Marcel Duchamp influenced Conceptual art
Jenny Holzer movement Conceptual art
Dada influenced Conceptual art
Richard Long movement Conceptual art
Barbara Kruger movement Conceptual art
Sol LeWitt movement Conceptual art
Minimalism relatedTo Conceptual art
Donald Judd movement Conceptual art
Cildo Meireles movement Conceptual art
Ed Ruscha movement Conceptual art
Neo-Dada influencedMovement Conceptual art
this entity surface form: Conceptual Art
Neo-Dada prefigures Conceptual art
this entity surface form: Conceptual Art
Cadillac Ranch artMovement Conceptual art
John Baldessari movement Conceptual art
Christo movement Conceptual art