DEFINITION = Conceptual art is art where the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art product/object.

It emerged as an art movement in the 1960s and the term usually refers to art made from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and this has greater importance that the artists final outcomes. Conceptual art can be anything – the overall visual aspects of conceptual art may be confusing, misleading or it could be boring or interesting. The reason that it became an art movement is because of its intriguing features – many people look at conceptual art and wonder why an artist has displayed something in this form. There are many artists that had made conceptual art, but it was only defined as a distinct movement in an article written by Sol LeWitt in 1967. The link attached shows many of the artists that have formed conceptual art, and many of their exhibitions. Some of these are Bruce Nauman, Martin Creed, John Baldessari and Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher. They all take approaches to this that have influenced many other artists and artworks. For example, Bernd and Hilla Becher focus their work on typologies.