Works of art that use canvas, frames, or paintings in an unconventional way (paintings and photographs as props, or indexical references towards paintings and photographs rather than paintings or photos themselves):
- Daniel Everett, Empty City (2004)
- Allan McCollum, Surrogates (1983)
- Francis Trombly, Storage (2011)
- Giulio Paolini, Never Seen Before (Jamais vu) (2004-5)
- Markus Schinwald, Exhibition (2009)
- Richard Jackson, Sans titre (1976-2009)
- Valerie Hegarty, Bierstadt with Holes (2007)
- Robert Rauschenberg, Erased de Kooning Drawing (1953)
- John Stezaker, Untitled (Rose) (1982)
- Annette Messager, My Vows (1988-91)
- Justin Beal and Elad Lassry, Untitled (display) (2007)
- Richard Tuttle, Canvas Pale Purple (1967)
- Ilya Kabakov, Incident at the Museum or Water Music (1992)
- Ellen Harvey, The Nudist Museum (2010)
- Irwin (Group), Irwin Live (performance), installation view at CCA, Ujazdowsky Castle, Warsaw (1996), Malevich Between Two Wars (1984-6)
- Daniel Spoerri, The Shower (1961)
- Leo Fitzmaurice, Horizon (Leeds) (2011)
- Matthew Day Jackson, Garden of Earthly Delights (Spiritual America) (2008)