20th Century art movement pioneered by Marcel Duchamp, questioned the idea that art needed to be represented by any physical object whatsoever. In fact, pure Conceptualists insisted that there should be nothing that could be 'owned' or 'hung in a museum' and if so, then it wasn't truely conceptual.
Forms of art considered Conceptualist:
Artists associated with Conceptualism include:
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Sources:
Friedman, Ken, Editor, "The Fluxus Reader", John Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, 1998.
Bonito Oliva, Achille - Gabriella De Mila - Claudio Cerritelli (eds.): "Ubi fluxus ibi motus 1990-1962", Mazzotta, Milano, 1990
Hendricks, Jon, "Fluxus Codex", Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1995.
Lippard, Lucy R., "Six Years: The Dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972", Praeger, NY, 1973
Burch, Charlton (ed.): The Ray Johnson Issue, Lightworks, No. 22, 1995-2000
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