conceptualist
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- noun
- /kənˈsɛptʃuəlɪst/
- Specialized
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conceptualista
- Via e-mail, Eugene Ostashevsky has informed us that Russian conceptualist poet, performer, and visual artist Dmitry Prigov died Sunday night in Moscow.
- conceptualist and/or minimalist
- conceptualists in art
- conceptualist whose work
Examples
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Many consider him a leading conceptualist in contemporary art, focusing on the significance of abstract concepts.
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This is not only a group of choreographers, but more importantly, a group of body conceptualists.
Blog text (3) -
And finally, a few very young contemporaries, the Russian conceptualist Natalia Fedorova.
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Among the former is the conceptualist Kendall Geers, whose show at the Everard Read Gallery presented an artist desperately seeking a concept.
Academic text (1995) -
It should be added that in Italy recently the boundaries of contemporary art have expanded to include, among other things, contemporary African creativity by means of a more advanced approach that we might term "conceptualist." Among the exhibitions that have taken this direction, we should mention the 2000 show "Mirror's Edge" held in the Castello di Rivoli.
Academic text (2010) -
Although Ruscha's depiction of words without accompanying imagery might seem to realize the Conceptualist proposal that language, and language alone, could be the matter and subject of an artwork, this realization took place in Ruscha's work on canvas, in painting; he developed a language-centered practice in the very medium rejected by many Conceptualists.
Academic text (2005) -
First, it is obvious that certain approaches adopted by Western conceptualists—performance art, installation, text-based art, use of the found object, and the ephemeral—were already evident in non-Western artistic, philosophical, and spiritual practices, whether African, Asian, or Middle Eastern.
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The gallery is showcasing the work of the conceptualist, who challenges traditional notions of art.
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As a renowned conceptualist, she prioritizes innovative ideas over conventional artistic techniques.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
conceptualist = conceptual (transparent) = concept + ual + ist
The noun sense 'a person who emphasizes ideas' is a straightforward agentive reading of 'conceptual' + '-ist'.
Etymology
Conceptualist comes from concept meaning 'idea' and the ending -ist meaning 'a person who does or supports something'. A conceptualist in art is a person who puts the 'idea' first, often more than craft or materials.