conceptualist
noun
con·cep·tu·al·ist
kən-ˈsep-chə-wə-list 
-chü-ə-,
-chə-list,
-shwə-list
: an adherent to the tenets of conceptualism or of conceptual art
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Composers Collective Known for his work as a bandleader, Chicago-reared, New York trumpeter Marquis Hill has assembled a collective quintet featuring leading conceptualists like vibraphonist Joel Ross and drummer Makaya McCraven, who both spent formative years in Hill’s Blacktet.
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
Trained in traditional art-making approaches from high school through college at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University) and graduate school at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Gaines was inspired by the minimalist and early conceptualists of the 1960s.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Einstürzende Neubauten have always been expert conceptualists — true artists who create works meant to be interpreted and felt more than to be intellectualized.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Instead, the gallery has nurtured a new generation of West Coast conceptualists who apply the philosophical rigor and satirical swagger of the 1960s and ’70s to contemporary issues like marginalization and decolonization.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
Trained in traditional art-making approaches from high school through college at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University) and graduate school at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Gaines was inspired by the minimalist and early conceptualists of the 1960s.
—Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024
Einstürzende Neubauten have always been expert conceptualists — true artists who create works meant to be interpreted and felt more than to be intellectualized.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
Instead, the gallery has nurtured a new generation of West Coast conceptualists who apply the philosophical rigor and satirical swagger of the 1960s and ’70s to contemporary issues like marginalization and decolonization.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Conceptualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceptualist. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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