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I have the pleasure of writing the article on Conceptual Art for  Project Education Photomanipulation Week. I hope those of you who have been unsure and those of you who simply didn't know, will learn something about Conceptual Art today. :)

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What is Conceptual Art?

Answer: Conceptual art deals with ideas rather than with the final product. It is "art in which the idea behind a particular work, and the means of producing it, are more important than the finished work." dictionary.com

"Conceptual art is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptu…

Conceptual art, a movement conceived in the 1960s, stresses the artist's concept rather than the art object itself. Conceptual art grew out of minimalism and "turned the artist's thoughts and ideas themselves into the primary artistic medium, appealing to the spectator's intellect instead of emotions."
www.reference.com/browse/conce…

Conceptual art is often confused with Surreal and Abstract because often they have some of the same elements. However, Conceptual art differs from Surreal because it does not have a "disorienting quality of a dream" as deviantArt defines it; more than not, Surreal makes  the viewer feel that the scene that they are looking can be possible, just unreal. In addition, Conceptual is not Abstract, because, in Abstract, art objects and shapes are not usally recognizeable. Instead, Conceptual Photomanipulions, as defined by deviantArt, are deviations "with the intent to convey a concept rather than focus on the subject shown".



When I had asked crilleb50 how he defines art, he wrote:

"I'm not quite sure if I know what conceptual art is really. If I think logically about it, for me, it should be a specific thing, person or whatever that has other things around it, associated to each other. One specific object surrounded with similar more diffus objects. If you understand how i mean."


Three of crilleb50 favorite Surreal deviants are deerlordhunter, pekthong,and Pri-Santos
:thumb139817683:    serenity by pekthong Choices by Pri-Santos


Here are three of my favorite deviations by crilleb50



When I asked Bark how he comes up with the ideas for his conceptual art, he wrote:

"The ideas for my work are a mixture of everything I've ever read, viewed, heard and dreamed. Everything swirls around in a concrete mixer in my head until the right blend is achieved, then an idea will pour out."


Actually, what Bark wrote above is known as Conceptual writing. He also states that "Conceptual is simply illustrating an idea."

Here Bark's three favorite deviants of Conceptual art,  hearthy, robwahl, and LeQuernez


My three favorite deviations by Bark are:



Below are some stock that I found by putting Conceptual into the Search box and following  Resources and Stock Images >Stock.


Paining a Rose Red by boldfrontiers Stock 0083 - Steampunk Apple by EverythingIsInStock :thumb206516133: Premade BK Stock 410 by FairieGoodMother Hand fountain by ApplesAndCinnamon:thumb276805305: Man Feeling Unplugged by thesupe87 Walking On Air by leeroi1-stock Surreal Dark Background by mysticmorning:thumb109047509: Surreal Fantasy Background by mysticmorning Jenny 022 by FairieGoodMother



Some Conceptual Photomanipulations I found by putting Conceptual into the search box.




If  you're interested in creating Conceptual art, it helps to look at the stock available to you here, or legitimate stock accounts on the internet, free your mind of everything you know about fine and digital art, and let the image simply exist. Because the idea behind the art is more important than the what.



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artpearl's avatar
Very interesting writing and images, thanks for sharing!