Conceptual Art

Ai Weiwei

Art

conceptual art

b. 1957

"If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future."

🇮🇹Piero Manzoni

Art

Arte Povera

1933–1963

"When I blow up a balloon, I am breathing my soul into an object that becomes eternal."

🇮🇳Manav Gupta

Art

b. 1967

"Let us stop a while, while doing what we are doing, and begin to change what we can change…"

🇺🇸Douglas Huebler

Art

1924–1997

"The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more."

🇺🇸Kara Walker

Art

contemporary art

b. 1969

"There’s no diploma in the world that declares you as an artist. It’s not like becoming a doctor or something. You can declare yourself an artist and then figure out how to be an artist."

🇺🇸Lawrence Weiner

Art

conceptual art

1942–2021

"I do not mind objects, but I do not care to make them."

🇺🇸Joseph Kosuth

Art

conceptual art

b. 1945

"If one wanted to make a work of art devoid of meaning, it would be impossible because we’ve already given meaning to the work by indicating that it’s a work of art."

🇺🇸Ilya Kabakov

Art

abstract art

1933–2023

"For me the art world is like a huge river, which began somewhere in the past and keeps flowing towards the future."

🇬🇧Cornelia Parker

Art

contemporary art

b. 1956

"I think your subconscious knows far more than your conscious, so I trust it. I just make it first and then it becomes much clearer to me why."