I don't know -- Wim Delvoye is probably the apotheosis of the "nihilistic" movement you describe (he's not to my taste, certainly), but he's been quite the hit

I don't know -- Wim Delvoye is probably the apotheosis of the "nihilistic" movement you describe (he's not to my taste, certainly), but he's been quite the hit in Iran, where he's both exhibiting and teaching (http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/wim-delvoye-goes-to-tehran-for-surprise-solo-show/ http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/wim-delvoye-goes-to-teh...). I imagine he's tacking slightly in deference to the authoritarian politics of the country, but I think there are a lot of Iranians for whom conceptualist art is very much to their taste.