The term conceptual art came into use in the late 1960's to describe artworks in which the concept behind the artwork is more important than traditional aesthetic and material concerns.
Conceptual artists do not set out to make a painting or a sculpture and then fit their ideas to that existing form. Instead they think beyond the limits of those traditional media, and then work out their concept or idea in whatever material form is appropriate.
There are 5 types of conceptual art;
- Land Art
- Performance
- Photography and film
- Arte Povera
- Found object
Land Art
Was usually documented in artworks using photographs and maps which the artist could exhibit in a gallery. Land artists also made land art in the gallery by bringing in material from landscape and using it to create.
Robert Smithson is most well-known for his provocative earthwork, Spiral Jetty, made in 1970. He gained international recognition for his groundbreaking art which was not limited by genre or materials as well as his critical writings that challenged traditional categories of art between the years of 1964-1973. His art and writings have had a profound impact on sculpture and art theory for over 30 years.
Another conceptual artist is Andy Goldsworthy
Goldsworthy regards his creations as transient or ephemeral. He photgraphs each piece once right after he makes it. His goal is to understand nature by direcly participating in mature as intimately as he can. He generally works with whatever comes too hand: twigs, leaves, stones, snow, ice, reeds and thorns.
Performance
It origins begin in "Dada" and "futurism" with Salvador Dale and Marcel Duohamp.
It influence later inspired the likes of Jackson Pollock and the "abstract expressionists.
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