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 Word Forms

• conceptual artist noun

Example Sentences

I understood he had gone to Cal Arts in the conceptual art heyday of that school and that he was part of the Groundlings, an experimental theater group, but other than that, I didn’t know much.

From Salon

Because of that, drawing flourished as a wholly independent medium in the 1970s, thanks to the concurrent rise of idea-intensive Conceptual art.

From Los Angeles Times

Bruce Nauman’s celebrated Conceptual art ripened during the decade he worked in Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times

A car park is in the conceptual art of the park.

From BBC

A teaching opportunity at Fresno State University in the late ’60s brought him west, where he sought refuge from the unnervingly high racial tensions on the Mississippi campus and leaned more heavily into conceptual art.

From Los Angeles Times