|  Conceptual Art LibraryPossibly the most abused word in the art lexicon, “conceptual” refers to any art work in which the idea is the work’s most important aspect. “When an artist uses a conceptual form of art,” wrote Sol LeWitt in his 1967 “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art,” “it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” While the question of whether the idea outweighs the work’s execution can often only be answered intuitively, conceptual art is nonetheless associated with a certain look: serial forms (since the idea often generates serial examples of itself), industrial/nono-manual production and the use of graphically emphatic language (as in Lawrence Weiner). Weiner, LeWitt, Mel Bochner, Joseph Kosuth and the Art & Language collective were among the first generation of conceptualists; included in our conceptualism library are examples from subsequent generations of artists who have extended their legacy. | TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX Lévy GorvyISBN: 9781944379209
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5 UK £ 22Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9781633450332
USD $45.00 | CAD $60Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9781633450493
USD $65.00 | CAD $87Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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Independent Curators International (ICI)ISBN: 9780916365844
USD $39.95 | CAD $53.95 UK £ 35Pub Date: 5/31/2014
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SiglioISBN: 9781938221255
USD $45.00 | CAD $63 UK £ 40Pub Date: 6/9/2020
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9781633450318
USD $75.00 | CAD $99Pub Date: 2/27/2018
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Cahiers d'ArtISBN: 9782851173072
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Hauser & Wirth PublishersISBN: 9783906915463
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Snap Inc.ISBN: 9781942884620
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Valiz/vis-à-visISBN: 9789078088769
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Onomatopee ProjectsISBN: 9789493148161
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Spector BooksISBN: 9783959053204
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Walther König, KölnISBN: 9786079584511
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Hatje CantzISBN: 9783775746328
USD $59.95 | CAD $85Pub Date: 1/21/2020
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9780870709760
USD $35.00 | CAD $39.95Pub Date: 10/8/2019
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D.A.P.ISBN: 9781938922299
USD $75.00 | CAD $99Pub Date: 11/30/2013
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9780870709623
USD $75.00 | CAD $99Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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Hauser & Wirth PublishersISBN: 9783906915517
USD $125.00 | CAD $172Pub Date: 12/14/2021
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Dia Art FoundationISBN: 9780944521908
USD $40.00 | CAD $56 UK £ 35Pub Date: 3/31/2020
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Royal Academy of ArtsISBN: 9781912520152
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Silvana EditorialeISBN: 9788836643332
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Inventory PressISBN: 9781941753347
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Hauser & Wirth PublishersISBN: 9783906915500
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Art / BooksISBN: 9781908970503
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Mousse PublishingISBN: 9788867493890
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Primary Information/Printed Matter, Inc.ISBN: 9781732098664
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Inventory Press & RITE EditionsISBN: 9781941753248
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Grounds For SculptureISBN: 9781646570003
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MAMCO, GenevaISBN: 9781942884484
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MarsilioISBN: 9788829703647
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Dancing Foxes PressISBN: 9781733688925
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9780870709661
USD $60.00 | CAD $79Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9781633450868
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| | | Conceptual Art: Recommended Reading List of Books & CatalogsA selection of new, forthcoming and backlist titles on Conceptual Art. | FORTHCOMING
A monumental, three-volume encyclopedia of alphabetically organized images, Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars was first published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1971. In the 1960s, German author and media artist Ferdinand Kriwet (1942–2018), inspired by concrete poetry and its interest in the visual quality of linguistic signs, began to approach the literary medium of the book in a new way. Imagining new ways of reading that resisted linearity, Kriwet experimented with alternatives, encouraging a rapid back-and-forth between the pages of the book and the texts and images on them. In Stars, he treats images like words and arranges them in alphabetical order . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 2/3/2026 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | SPECTOR BOOKS
ISBN 9783959053204
Pbk, 3 vols, 5.5 x 8.75 in. / 416 pgs / 416 bw. | 2/3/2026 | Awaiting stock | US $60.00 |
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| Conceptual Art Library Active Backlist Titles | LéVY GORVY
ISBN 9781944379209
Pbk, 7.25 x 10 in. / 92 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 5/22/2018 | In stock | US $25.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9781633450332
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 280 pgs / 52 color / 75 bw. | 5/22/2018 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9781633450493
Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 352 pgs / 373 color. | 5/22/2018 | In stock | US $65.00 |
|  | INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL (ICI)
ISBN 9780916365844
Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 284 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 5/31/2014 | In stock | US $39.95 |
|  | SIGLIO
ISBN 9781938221255
Hbk, 10 x 7.25 in. / 332 pgs / 1155 color. | 6/9/2020 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9781633450318
Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 356 pgs / 250 color. | 2/27/2018 | In stock | US $75.00 |
|  | CAHIERS D'ART
ISBN 9782851173072
Slip, pbk, 12.5 x 9.75 in. / 192 pgs / 120 color. | 3/31/2020 | In stock | US $100.00 |
|  | SNAP INC.
ISBN 9781942884620
Hbk, 6.75 x 9.75 in. / 104 pgs / 40 color / 13 duotone. | 1/28/2020 | In stock | US $35.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9786079584511
Hbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 197 pgs / 91 color / 19 bw. | 2/28/2014 | In stock | US $49.95 |
|  | HATJE CANTZ
ISBN 9783775746328
Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 320 pgs / 317 color. | 1/21/2020 | In stock | US $59.95 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9780870709760
Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 208 pgs / 100 bw. | 10/8/2019 | In stock | US $35.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9780870709623
Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 352 pgs / 450 color. | 2/23/2016 | In stock | US $75.00 |
|  | D.A.P.
ISBN 9781938922299
Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 320 pgs / 350 color. | 11/30/2013 | In stock | US $75.00 |
|  | HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERS
ISBN 9783906915517
Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 252 pgs. / 167 color. | 12/14/2021 | In stock | US $125.00 |
|  | DIA ART FOUNDATION
ISBN 9780944521908
Hbk, 10 x 10 in. / 128 pgs / 60 color / 60 bw. | 3/31/2020 | In stock | US $40.00 |
|  | SILVANA EDITORIALE
ISBN 9788836643332
Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 160 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | INVENTORY PRESS
ISBN 9781941753347
Pbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 496 pgs / 3000 color. | 8/11/2020 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERS
ISBN 9783906915500
Clth, 9.25 x 12.25 in. / 260 pgs. | 3/31/2020 | In stock | US $55.00 |
|  | ART / BOOKS
ISBN 9781908970503
Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 304 pgs / 60 color / 33 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock | US $20.00 |
|  | MOUSSE PUBLISHING
ISBN 9788867493890
Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 168 pgs / 130 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock | US $30.00 |
|  | INVENTORY PRESS & RITE EDITIONS
ISBN 9781941753248
Pbk, 10.25 x 10.25 in. / 252 pgs / 300 color. | 8/20/2019 | In stock | US $55.00 |
|  | GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE
ISBN 9781646570003
Pbk, 9 x 11 in. / 120 pgs / 100 color. | 5/19/2020 | In stock | US $40.00 |
|  | MARSILIO
ISBN 9788829703647
Pbk, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 160 pgs / 150 color. | 8/25/2020 | In stock | US $40.00 |
|  | DANCING FOXES PRESS
ISBN 9781733688925
Pbk, 7.75 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 56 color. | 6/23/2020 | In stock | US $29.95 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9780870709661
Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 5/26/2015 | In stock | US $60.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9781633450868
Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 11/19/2019 | In stock | US $40.00 |
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