Lawrence Weiner, MANY THINGS PLACED HERE + THERE TO FORM A PLACE CAPABLE OF SHELTERING MANY OTHER THINGS PUT HERE + THERE, 1980, vinyl or silkscreen lettering on wall, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, 2007.6.341

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Conceptual art is based on an idea such as a text, mathematical equation, or activity. It can include words, drawings, photographs, sculpture, video, performance, or installation. Conceptualism emerged during the 1960s and ’70s and is now fundamental to contemporary art. It grants artists permission to pursue ideas in every imaginable form.

100 Boots at the Bank. Solana Beach, California. February 9, 1971, 10:00 a.m.

Eleanor Antin Phel Steinmetz Frye & Smith, Ltd. 1971

Eleanor Antin, Phel Steinmetz, Frye & Smith, Ltd., 100 Boots at the Bank. Solana Beach, California. February 9, 1971, 10:00 a.m., 1971, halftone print (postcard), Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund, 2015.205.3

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Calling Card (I am black)

Adrian Piper 1986

Adrian Piper, Calling Card (I am black), 1986, offset lithograph on brown wove paper, Gift of Anne H. Simmons, 2015.140.1

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Documentation of Parallel Stress - A 10 minute performance piece - May 1970. Photo: Robert R. McElroy. Location: Abandoned sump. Long Island. Stress position resumed.

Dennis Oppenheim Robert R. McElroy 1970

Dennis Oppenheim, Robert R. McElroy, Documentation of Parallel Stress - A 10 minute performance piece - May 1970. Photo: Robert R. McElroy. Location: Abandoned sump. Long Island. Stress position resumed., 1970, gelatin silver print, Gift of Eileen and Michael Cohen, 2011.93.38

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Every Building on the Sunset Strip

Ed Ruscha 1966

Ed Ruscha, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1966, offset lithography, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Philip Brookman and Amy Brookman), 2015.19.5295

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Issue

William Anastasi conceived 1966

William Anastasi, Issue, conceived 1966, displaced wall plaster, Gift of Virginia Dwan, 2018.190.2

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MANY THINGS PLACED HERE + THERE TO FORM A PLACE CAPABLE OF SHELTERING MANY OTHER THINGS PUT HERE + THERE

Lawrence Weiner 1980

Lawrence Weiner, MANY THINGS PLACED HERE + THERE TO FORM A PLACE CAPABLE OF SHELTERING MANY OTHER THINGS PUT HERE + THERE, 1980, vinyl or silkscreen lettering on wall, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, 2007.6.341

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Ten Months

Susan Hiller 1977–1979

Susan Hiller, Ten Months, 1977–1979, 10 gelatin silver prints and 10 text panels, Gift of the Collectors Committee, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, Gregory and Aline Gooding Fund, and David Knaus Fund, 2020.76.1.a-t

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Theory of Boundaries

Mel Bochner 1969-1970

Mel Bochner, Theory of Boundaries, 1969-1970, chalk on dry pigment on wall, The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund, 2004.123.1

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Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall.

Sol LeWitt 1971

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #65 / Lines not short, not straight, crossing and touching, drawn at random using four colors, uniformly dispersed with maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall., 1971, red, yellow, blue, and black colored pencil, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, 2001.9.25

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