Who is the father of conceptual art?



Marcel Duchamp is often seen as an important forefather of conceptual art, and his readymade Fountain of 1917 cited as the first conceptual artwork.

Who is the father of conceptual art in the Philippines?

Roberto Chabet

Known widely as the father of conceptual art in the Philippines, Roberto Chabet (ACC 1968) touched many lives through his work as an avant-garde artist, teacher, curator and museum director.

Who was named the father of conceptual art of the Philippines because of his revolutionary aesthetic arts?





Roberto Chabet

Robert “Bobby” Chabet y Rodríguez
Nationality Filipino
Education architecture
Alma mater University of Santo Tomas
Known for architecture, fine arts

When did conceptual art start?

1960s

Conceptual art is art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art 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.