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Conceptualism

Conceptualism emerged in response to visual formalism in art of the 1950s-60s. It emphasizes ideas over aesthetics, techniques, or materials. Conceptual art prioritizes concepts such that execution is secondary. Inspired by Minimalism's simplicity, Conceptual artists rejected conventions of painting and sculpture, believing art need not have a physical form. Conceptual Art originated in 1917 with Duchamp's "readymade" urinal submission, critiquing the art world and opening doors for non-traditional art using diverse materials to convey ideas rather than adhere to genres.

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Conceptualism

Conceptualism emerged in response to visual formalism in art of the 1950s-60s. It emphasizes ideas over aesthetics, techniques, or materials. Conceptual art prioritizes concepts such that execution is secondary. Inspired by Minimalism's simplicity, Conceptual artists rejected conventions of painting and sculpture, believing art need not have a physical form. Conceptual Art originated in 1917 with Duchamp's "readymade" urinal submission, critiquing the art world and opening doors for non-traditional art using diverse materials to convey ideas rather than adhere to genres.

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INTRODUCTION

Conceptualism is an art which emerges out of the growing investigation into

Western art and the political and economic institutions that support it. It was an attack

on the visual formalism of the 1950s and 1960s. It advances the notion that the concepts

or ideas involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical and

material concerns. Conceptualism downplays the dependence upon the craft skill of the

artist but emphasizes the character of the relationship between the artist’s ideas and

the material facts of the world.

In conceptual art, the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When

an artist uses a conceptual form or art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are

made beforehand, and the execution is a perfunctory affair. (OPTIONAL RANI NA IAPIL)

Conceptual artists were influenced by the reduced simplicity of Minimalism, but grew to reject
Minimalism's preference for the conventions of sculpture and painting as mainstays of artistic production.
For Conceptual artists, art need not look like a traditional work of art, or even take on a physical form at
all

HISTORY OF CONCEPTUAL ART


While Conceptual Art is defined as a period during the 1960 and 1970s, it got its roots much
earlier.

THE FATHER OF CONCEPTUAL ART


Conceptual Art originated in 1917 when Marcel Duchamp submitted a urinal (a “ready-made”
object) as a sculpture at a New York exhibition. His work was rejected, but his critique of the art
world opened the door for conceptual art.

To create conceptual art, artists used eclectic and unconventional materials to convey their ideas,
exploring art as an idea or knowledge as opposed to traditional art mediums. Their art could look
like anything: (OPTIONAL JAPON NI IAPIL SA PPT)

 Performance
 Writing
 Sound
 Action
 Everyday objects

View of the exhibition KAPUTT, 2013


Maurizio Cattelan: Kaputt, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 8 June – 6 October 2013
Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #579 , 1988
MASS MoCA
Two Unfinished Letter, 1992-1993
Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Charles Gaines
Motion: Trisha Brown Dance, Set #11, 1980-1981
Hammer Museum

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