conceptual art

noun

1. 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.

conceptual art

noun

1. art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work

Other Words From

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Example Sentences

His incorporation of words, visual puns, serial images and semantic games opened up whole new fields of conceptual art.

From Washington Post

Ruthlessly opposed to the corporate machinery of a sponsored and branded world, Darkside reinvented the jam band as a conceptual art opus.

From Washington Post

They seem to demand a framing text as much as any work of conceptual art ever could.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Pic: In 1993, Cheryl Donegan added sex to conceptual art.

From The Daily Beast

His maps (there are close to 200 of them) ought to seem like rigorous works of conceptual art.

From The Daily Beast

This standard narrative has served Ilya Kabakov, the godfather of Russian Conceptual art, particularly well.

From The Daily Beast