organizations
type: E55 Type
equivalent: organization

collections
type: E55 Type
equivalent: collection

texts
type: E55 Type

documents
type: E55 Type

emblems
type: E55 Type

found objects (readymades)
type: E55 Type
equivalent: found object / readymade

systems art
type: E55 Type
equivalent: systems art

auctions
type: E55 Type
equivalent: auction

provenance
type: E55 Type
equivalent: provenance

performance art
type: E55 Type
equivalent: performance art

digital images
type: E55 Type
equivalent: digital image

conceptual art
type: E55 Type
equivalent: conceptual art

websites
type: E55 Type
equivalent: website

accession number
type: E55 Type

English
type: E56 Language

Semantic Web
type: E55 Type
equivalent: Semantic Web

uniform resource locators
type: E55 Type

primary name
type: E55 Type

internet art
type: E55 Type
equivalent: internet art

description
type: E55 Type

statements
type: E55 Type

Sol LeWitt
type: E21 Person
equivalent: Sol LeWitt

Sotheby's
type: E74 Group

digital image
type: E55 Type

internet art
type: E55 Type

Sol LeWitt
type: E21 Person

provenance
type: E55 Type

auction
type: E55 Type

linked open data
type: E55 Type

conceptual art
type: E55 Type

performance art
type: E55 Type

collection
type: E55 Type

website
type: E55 Type

organization
type: E55 Type

Semantic Web
type: E55 Type

found object / readymade
type: E55 Type

institutional critique
type: E55 Type

Sotheby's
type: E74 Group

systems art
type: E55 Type

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
type: E55 Type

Art market reform image study
type: E36 Visual Item

Art Market Reform
format: image/jpeg
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — Art Market Reform
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: art-market-reform
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Art Market Reform
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:art-market-reform
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: digital images
P2 has type: conceptual art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: A visual anchor for the project: art, price, reform, and institutional display held together as one unstable field.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Creation of Art Market Reform
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2013
    P82a begin of the begin: 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2013-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: D1 Digital Object
digitally shows: Art market reform image study
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

The Auction as Artwork
P108i was produced by: Designation of the auction engagement as artwork
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P15 was influenced by: Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533, 2009)
  P4 has time-span: 2009
    P82a begin of the begin: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2009-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
    P190 has symbolic content: The artistic act is the designation, by Sun & Rain Works, of its auction engagement as a work — not the auction's ordinary business, which was carried out by Sotheby's. The designation is an assertion by the artist.
    P2 has type: description
  type: E12 Production
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — The Auction as Artwork
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: work-auction-as-artwork
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: The Auction as Artwork
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:auction-as-artwork
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: found objects (readymades)
P2 has type: conceptual art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: A Metaconceptual Art work that Sun & Rain Works designates in connection with the Sotheby's Photographs auction of 2009 (sale N08533, New York), at which Sun & Rain Works consigned an Ansel Adams photograph, 'San Francisco from Twin Peaks' (lot 16). Following the logic of the readymade, Sun & Rain Works frames its engagement with that public institutional event — its mechanism of value, authority, and sale — as the material of a conceptual work. This is a designation asserted by the artist and made explicit over time; it is not a publicly witnessed live-creation event, and the Sotheby's catalogue does not name Sun & Rain Works. Two associated works accompany the gesture: the website www.wtfisart.com and WTF is Ansel Adams.
  P2 has type: description
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Documentation reported by Sun & Rain Works includes 2008 correspondence with Sotheby's Photographs, the public catalogue lot, photographs, receipts, and related records; these evidence the artist identity and the consignment. The fuller archive remains held by the studio pending redaction and rights review. This record makes no adjudicated historical-priority claim and asserts no comparison with, or precedence over, any later artist or event absent separately published evidence.
  P2 has type: description
type: E22 Human-Made Object
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Metaconceptual Art - Collection
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Metaconceptual Art — Collection
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: set:collection
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: collections
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The museum is not a building; it is a set of relations. This Set gathers the works on view and the citable Movement Record as members so the collection can be read and queried as linked data. Membership is declared on each object via member_of.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Assembly of the Metaconceptual Art collection
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: Set
label: Metaconceptual Art — Collection
members exemplified by: Art Market Reform
members exemplified by: The Auction as Artwork
members exemplified by: Construction of the Museum as Concept
members exemplified by: Eight Sentences On Metaconceptual Art
members exemplified by: Eightfold Sprocket
members exemplified by: Evidence archive: Sun & Rain Works auction engagement (2009)
members exemplified by: Movement Graph
members exemplified by: Proof of Movement: Metaconceptual Art
members exemplified by: The Website Itself
members exemplified by: WTF is Ansel Adams
members exemplified by: www.wtfisart.com

Metaconceptual Art
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Metaconceptual Art
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: concept:metaconceptual-art
  P2 has type: accession number
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Art that treats art, its institutions, markets, archives, and viewers as the material of the work. A self-defined movement concept created by Sun & Rain Works in 2007, extending conceptual art into the system that makes art legible. Its public Record argues credibility through genealogy, defined principles, works on view, machine-readable standards, external alignment, and provenance over time.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Definition of Metaconceptual Art as a movement concept
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P15 was influenced by: systems art
  P15 was influenced by: provenance
  P15 was influenced by: conceptual art
  P15 was influenced by: Semantic Web
  P15 was influenced by: internet art
  P15 was influenced by: linked open data
  P15 was influenced by: institutional critique
  P4 has time-span: 2007
    P82a begin of the begin: 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2007-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: E55 Type
broader: conceptual art

Depiction of the museum under construction
type: E36 Visual Item

Construction of the Museum as Concept
format: image/png
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — Artworks
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: work-construction-museum
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Construction of the Museum as Concept
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:construction-museum
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: digital images
P2 has type: conceptual art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: An image study in which the museum appears inside the artwork as something still being built. Institutional authority is shown as architecture, ornament, labor, scaffolding, and frame.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Creation of Construction of the Museum as Concept
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: D1 Digital Object
digitally shows: Depiction of the museum under construction
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Eight Sentences On Metaconceptual Art
P104 is subject to: CC BY 4.0
  P2 has type: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
  P75i is possessed by: Sun & Rain Works
  type: E30 Right
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — Artworks
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: work-eight-sentences
P190 has symbolic content: 1. A returning of the Formless to Form (Art). 2. An examination of the commodification of Art and its relationship to the current global economic crisis. 3. An examination of the power structures and network of the elite 'Art World' and 'Art Institutions'. 4. An Archaeology of the Art World, and Art History. 5. The interplay of Time and Space. 6. Transcendence of medium to arrive within the collective consciousness. 7. The annihilating of the boundaries between Art World insiders and Outsiders. 8. The annihilating of the boundaries between Art and Life.
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Eight Sentences On Metaconceptual Art
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:eight-sentences
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: conceptual art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: A canonical eight-sentence proposition set framing Metaconceptual Art as a field of form, institution, market, history, medium, access, and life. Written after Sol LeWitt's Sentences on Conceptual Art.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Writing of the Eight Sentences
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P15 was influenced by: Sol LeWitt
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: E33 Linguistic Object
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Eightfold sprocket emblem
type: E36 Visual Item

Eightfold Sprocket
format: image/jpeg
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — Eightfold Sprocket
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: eightfold-sprocket
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Eightfold Sprocket
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:eightfold-sprocket
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: emblems
P2 has type: conceptual art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: An emblem for the eight-sentence proposition set: a small mechanical sign for repetition, rotation, and system.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Creation of Eightfold Sprocket
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: D1 Digital Object
digitally shows: Eightfold sprocket emblem
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Evidence archive: Sun & Rain Works auction engagement (2009)
P104 is subject to: CC BY 4.0
  P2 has type: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
  P75i is possessed by: Sun & Rain Works
  type: E30 Right
P129 is about: The Auction as Artwork
P129 is about: Sun & Rain Works' auction engagement (Sotheby's Photographs, 2009)
P129 is about: Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533, 2009)
P129 is about: WTF is Ansel Adams
P129 is about: www.wtfisart.com
P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works holds a private archive relating to its 2009 engagement with Sotheby's Photographs (sale N08533) and the associated conceptual works (The Auction as Artwork, WTF is Ansel Adams, and www.wtfisart.com). The archive is reported to contain 2008 correspondence with Sotheby's (outbound and inbound), records of the consignment of an Ansel Adams photograph, 'San Francisco from Twin Peaks' (lot 16), domain-registration and hosting receipts for www.wtfisart.com naming Sun & Rain Works, art-referential documentation photographs, and file metadata. These materials evidence the artist identity, the 2008-2009 engagement with Sotheby's, the consignment, contemporaneous conceptual intent, and the public continuity of the 'WTF is Art' concept. They do not, by themselves, record a publicly witnessed live-creation event, and they establish no precedence over any later event. The fuller archive remains held by the studio pending redaction and rights review; no checksums, file hashes, or custody identifiers are published at this time.
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Evidence archive: Sun & Rain Works auction engagement (2009)
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: record:evidence-live-auction-2009
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: texts
P2 has type: documents
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Evidence status: mixed. Independently verifiable: (1) the public Sotheby's catalogue lot (sale N08533, lot 16) at https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/photographs-n08533/lot.16.html ; (2) a Sun and Rain Works public post carrying the 'WTF is Art' theme, dated 2013-08-29 (X post 373257603108704256), whose date is confirmed independently by the platform's timestamp-encoded ID. Held privately by the studio: the 2008-2009 correspondence, receipts, and photographs. Selected private items can be promoted to public evidence as redaction and rights review are completed.
  P2 has type: description
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The consignment engagement is corroborated by inbound 2008 correspondence from Sotheby's Photographs (confirming intake logistics and naming the department administrator) and by a shared Hana, HI mailing address linking the consignor to the Sun & Rain Works domain receipts. Contemporaneous conceptual intent is evidenced by art-referential documentation (an Andy Warhol volume juxtaposed with the photograph in images sent to Sotheby's). Each item is scoped to what it shows: these evidence identity, consignment, intent, and the concept's public continuity — not a witnessed live-creation event, and not precedence over any later artist or event.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Compilation of the auction-engagement evidence record
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: E33 Linguistic Object
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Movement Graph
format: text/html
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — Movement Graph
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: movement-graph
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Movement Graph
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:movement-graph
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: Semantic Web
P2 has type: internet art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The knowledge graph treated as an artwork: relations, authorities, claims, and viewers arranged as a walkable system.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Creation of Movement Graph
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: D1 Digital Object
access point: explore
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Proof of Movement: Metaconceptual Art
P104 is subject to: CC BY 4.0
  P2 has type: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
  P75i is possessed by: Sun & Rain Works
  type: E30 Right
P129 is about: Metaconceptual Art
P129i is subject of: Movement Record page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — Movement Record
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: movement
P190 has symbolic content: A linked-open-data record arguing that Metaconceptual Art is a natural, credible, and valid movement through genealogy, defined principles, works on view, machine-readable standards, external alignment, and provenance over time.
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Proof of Movement: Metaconceptual Art
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:movement-record
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: texts
P2 has type: statements
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The Movement Record turns the claim for Metaconceptual Art into a citable textual work and a machine-readable evidence surface. It distinguishes local validity from external canonization while pointing to Linked Art, Wikidata, Getty vocabularies, IIIF, schema.org, and the git-derived Activity Stream.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Writing of the Movement Record
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P15 was influenced by: linked open data
  P15 was influenced by: Metaconceptual Art
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: E33 Linguistic Object
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Sun & Rain Works' conceptual claim to art at auction (2009)
P104 is subject to: CC BY 4.0
  P2 has type: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
  P75i is possessed by: Sun & Rain Works
  type: E30 Right
P129 is about: The Auction as Artwork
P129 is about: Sun & Rain Works' auction engagement (Sotheby's Photographs, 2009)
P129 is about: WTF is Ansel Adams
P129 is about: www.wtfisart.com
P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works asserts a conceptual claim: that in 2009, in connection with the Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533, New York), it designated its auction engagement — the consignment of an Ansel Adams photograph, 'San Francisco from Twin Peaks' (lot 16), together with the associated website www.wtfisart.com — as Metaconceptual Art, framed as the work The Auction as Artwork. This is the artist's own designation, made explicit over time. It is not a publicly witnessed live-creation event and has not been adjudicated as a historical fact; the Sotheby's catalogue lists the lot as an Ansel Adams photograph and does not name Sun & Rain Works. This statement makes no claim of being 'first', and does not name, compare against, or dispute any later artist or event; any such comparison would require independent recognition and separately published evidence.
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works' conceptual claim to art at auction (2009)
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: record:priority-live-auction-2009
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: texts
P2 has type: statements
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Supporting documentation is described at evidence-live-auction-2009 and includes 2008 Sotheby's correspondence and the public catalogue lot. Recommended framing: the artist's asserted conceptual designation of an auction engagement. Avoided claims: 'first in history', publicly witnessed live creation, or precedence over any later artist or event, absent independent recognition and separately published evidence.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Writing of the conceptual-claim statement
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: E33 Linguistic Object

Sun & Rain Works' auction engagement (Sotheby's Photographs, 2009)
P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
P16 used specific object: WTF is Ansel Adams
P16 used specific object: www.wtfisart.com
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works' auction engagement (Sotheby's Photographs, 2009)
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: activity:production-live-auction-2009
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: conceptual art
P4 has time-span: 2009
  P82a begin of the begin: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
  P82b end of the end: 2009-12-31T23:59:59Z
  type: E52 Time-Span
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works' engagement with Sotheby's Photographs, 2009 (sale N08533): the consignment of an Ansel Adams photograph, 'San Francisco from Twin Peaks' (lot 16), and the artist's designation of that engagement — together with the associated website www.wtfisart.com — as conceptual works. Sun & Rain Works frames the primary work as The Auction as Artwork, with two associated works, WTF is Ansel Adams and www.wtfisart.com. These designations are assertions by the artist, made explicit over time; they are not publicly witnessed live-creation events, and the Sotheby's catalogue does not name Sun & Rain Works.
  P2 has type: description
P9i forms part of: Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533, 2009)
type: E7 Activity

Publication of Metaconceptual Art (2026)
P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
P2 has type: provenance
P4 has time-span: 2026
  P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
  P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
  type: E52 Time-Span
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Public linked-data publication of selected Metaconceptual Art records in 2026. This publication makes the movement and selected works machine-readable on the open web; it is not the creation date of Sun & Rain Works, the movement, or all portfolio works.
  P2 has type: description
P9 consists of: Publication under CC BY 4.0, granting the public reuse rights
  type: RightAcquisition
  establishes: CC BY 4.0
    P104i applies to: Art Market Reform
    P104i applies to: Construction of the Museum as Concept
    P104i applies to: Eight Sentences On Metaconceptual Art
    P104i applies to: Eightfold Sprocket
    P104i applies to: Movement Graph
    P104i applies to: The Website Itself
    P104i applies to: www.wtfisart.com
    P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
      P190 has symbolic content: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
    P2 has type: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
    P75i is possessed by: Sun & Rain Works
    type: E30 Right
type: E7 Activity

The Website Itself
format: text/html
conforms to: HTML
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: The Website Itself
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:site-as-artwork
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: websites
P2 has type: internet art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The public page treated as the artwork: a surface where language, navigation, metadata, revision, and viewing conditions become material. The website is one of the work's forms, not a container for it.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Creation of The Website Itself
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2026
    P82a begin of the begin: 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2026-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E65 Creation
type: D1 Digital Object
access point: www.metaconceptualart.com
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533, 2009)
P14 carried out by: Sotheby's
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533, 2009)
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: activity:sothebys-photographs-auction-2009
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: auctions
P4 has time-span: 2009
  P82a begin of the begin: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
  P82b end of the end: 2009-12-31T23:59:59Z
  type: E52 Time-Span
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The public Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533), New York, 2009, carried out by Sotheby's, at which Sun & Rain Works consigned an Ansel Adams photograph, 'San Francisco from Twin Peaks' (lot 16). Sun & Rain Works designates its engagement with this auction as the material of the conceptual work The Auction as Artwork. This record names the real-world event and cites the public catalogue; it does not assert that Sotheby's authored, endorsed, or participated in the artwork, and the catalogue does not name Sun & Rain Works.
  P2 has type: description
P7 took place at: Sotheby's, New York
type: E7 Activity

Sotheby's
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Sotheby's
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: agent:sothebys
  P2 has type: accession number
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: https://www.sothebys.com/
  P2 has type: uniform resource locators
P2 has type: organizations
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: International auction house founded in 1744. Named here only as the institution that carried out the Sotheby's Photographs auction (sale N08533), New York, 2009 — the public event that Sun & Rain Works designates as the material of the conceptual work The Auction as Artwork. Recording Sotheby's as the auction's host asserts no partnership, endorsement, or claim against Sotheby's.
  P2 has type: description
type: E74 Group
equivalent: Sotheby's

Sun & Rain Works
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: agent:sun-and-rain-works
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: organizations
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: The art business and studio established in 2005 that authors Metaconceptual Art and holds its copyright.
  P2 has type: description
P95i was formed by: Formation of Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2005
    P82a begin of the begin: 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2005-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  type: E66 Formation
type: E74 Group

WTF is Ansel Adams
P108i was produced by: Designation of WTF is Ansel Adams
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2009
    P82a begin of the begin: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2009-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
    P190 has symbolic content: The work is Sun & Rain Works' conceptual designation connected to the consignment of lot 16 at Sotheby's Photographs, 2009; it is an assertion by the artist and is not recorded as a publicly witnessed performance.
    P2 has type: description
  P9i forms part of: Sun & Rain Works' auction engagement (Sotheby's Photographs, 2009)
  type: E12 Production
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art — WTF is Ansel Adams
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: work-wtf-is-ansel-adams
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: WTF is Ansel Adams
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:wtf-is-ansel-adams
  P2 has type: accession number
P2 has type: performance art
P2 has type: conceptual art
P46i forms part of: The Auction as Artwork
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: A Metaconceptual Art work that Sun & Rain Works designates around its consignment of the Ansel Adams photograph 'San Francisco from Twin Peaks' (lot 16) to Sotheby's Photographs, 2009 (sale N08533, New York). Titled as a play on the auction and the canonical name of Ansel Adams, it treats the act of bringing the photograph to auction — its lot, its authority, its attribution — as the material of a conceptual work, alongside the born-digital work www.wtfisart.com. The work is a designation asserted by the artist and made explicit over time; it is not recorded as a publicly witnessed performance, and the Sotheby's catalogue lists the lot as an Ansel Adams photograph without naming Sun & Rain Works.
  P2 has type: description
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Documentation reported by Sun & Rain Works includes 2008 correspondence with Sotheby's Photographs, the public catalogue lot, photographs, and related records; these evidence the artist identity and the consignment. The fuller archive remains held by the studio pending redaction and rights review. This record asserts no historical-priority or precedence claim absent separately published evidence.
  P2 has type: description
type: E22 Human-Made Object
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

www.wtfisart.com
format: text/html
conforms to: HTML
P129i is subject of: Artwork page
  type: E33 Linguistic Object
  digitally carried by: Metaconceptual Art - www.wtfisart.com
    format: text/html
    type: D1 Digital Object
    access point: wtfisart
P1 is identified by: E33 E41 Linguistic Appellation
  P190 has symbolic content: www.wtfisart.com
  P2 has type: primary name
  P72 has language: English
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: work:wtfisart
  P2 has type: accession number
P1 is identified by: E42 Identifier
  P190 has symbolic content: https://www.wtfisart.com/
  P2 has type: uniform resource locators
P2 has type: conceptual art
P2 has type: websites
P2 has type: internet art
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: A born-digital Metaconceptual Art work: a website built and owned by Sun & Rain Works around 2009, in connection with its Sotheby's Photographs auction engagement (sale N08533). Sun & Rain Works designates it as an associated part of the conceptual work The Auction as Artwork.
  P2 has type: description
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: www.wtfisart.com is associated by Sun & Rain Works with the conceptual work The Auction as Artwork, in which Sun & Rain Works designates its 2009 Sotheby's Photographs auction engagement as art. The designation is an assertion by the artist.
  P2 has type: description
P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
  P190 has symbolic content: Sun & Rain Works reports domain-registration and hosting receipts, site metadata, and related records documenting the website's existence and date. The fuller archive remains held by the studio pending redaction and rights review.
  P2 has type: description
P94i was created by: Creation of www.wtfisart.com
  P14 carried out by: Sun & Rain Works
  P4 has time-span: 2009
    P82a begin of the begin: 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
    P82b end of the end: 2009-12-31T23:59:59Z
    type: E52 Time-Span
  P67i is referred to by: E33 Linguistic Object
    P190 has symbolic content: The website was built by Sun & Rain Works around 2009 in connection with its Sotheby's Photographs auction engagement; it is not recorded as having been authored live in the auction room.
    P2 has type: description
  P9i forms part of: Sun & Rain Works' auction engagement (Sotheby's Photographs, 2009)
  type: E65 Creation
type: D1 Digital Object
access point: www.wtfisart.com
member of: Metaconceptual Art - Collection

HTML
type: E73 Information Object