conceptual art
art in which emphasis is placed on the means and processes of producing art objects rather than on the objects themselves and in which the various tools and techniques, as photographs, photocopies, video records, and the construction of environments and earthworks, are used to convey the message to the spectator.
- Also called concept art.
Other words from conceptual art
- conceptual artist, noun
Words Nearby conceptual art
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How to use conceptual art in a sentence
His incorporation of words, visual puns, serial images and semantic games opened up whole new fields of conceptual art.
Seeing Jasper Johns: Blockbuster exhibition reveals a brilliant but bleak legacy | Philip Kennicott | September 29, 2021 | Washington PostRuthlessly opposed to the corporate machinery of a sponsored and branded world, Darkside reinvented the jam band as a conceptual art opus.
Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world | Jeff Weiss | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostThey seem to demand a framing text as much as any work of conceptual art ever could.
The Daily Pic: In 1993, Cheryl Donegan added sex to conceptual art.
His maps (there are close to 200 of them) ought to seem like rigorous works of conceptual art.
This standard narrative has served Ilya Kabakov, the godfather of Russian conceptual art, particularly well.
British Dictionary definitions for conceptual art
art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work
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