Concept art is first of all an art of which the material is concepts, as the material of e. g. music is sound. Since concepts are closely bound up with language, concept art is a kind of art of which the material is language.


Henry Flynt: "Essay: Concept Art." (1961) In: La Monte Young (ed.) An Anthology, 1963.

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Concept art is first of all an art of which the material is concepts, as the material of e. g. music is sound. Since concepts are closely bound up...

Concept art is first of all an art of which the material is concepts, as the material of e. g. music is sound. Since concepts are closely bound up...

Concept art is first of all an art of which the material is concepts, as the material of e. g. music is sound. Since concepts are closely bound up...

Concept art is first of all an art of which the material is concepts, as the material of e. g. music is sound. Since concepts are closely bound up...