Equivalent VIII, occasionally referred to as The Bricks, is the last and most famous of a series of minimalist sculpture by Carl Andre. Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
The most insightful comments on all subjects Yet the explosion of interest that surrounded the Tate Gallery's exhibition of US artist Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII, better known as The Bricks, triggered a national debate. to your comment. Yet the explosion of interest that surrounded the Tate Gallery's exhibition of US artist Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII, better known as The Bricks, triggered a national debate.Now, more than 30 years after Andre's 120 bricks provoked outrage, newly released documents show how bitter that debate became and how the embattled Tate fought its corner.
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The curators were taken aback by the criticism when it was shown in 1976.Andre described his work as conveying a sense of "wading in bricks" and like "stepping from water of one depth to water of another depth", but many people expressed disappointment after failing to see the artist's creativity in arranging the 120 identical bricks in two uncemented layers, in a six-by-10 rectangle.Some believed anyone with access to bricks could have made it themselves and believed the Tate had been "conned". Andre emphasised that a key change for him was the move from cutting into materials (as in the case of 'Last Ladder') to constructing works out of standard units which were already cut. Carl Andre is credited with changing the history of sculpture. Forty years after the “Bricks” headlines, we are still intrigued by the provocation of a sculpture. Worse still, in the midst of a severe economic depression, the Bricks were paid for with taxpayers' money. BBC4 is revisiting the hoo-ha over Carl Andre’s ‘pile of bricks’, which angered conservative art lovers in the 1970s. "The Tate believes that Morphet's stance has been vindicated. Carl Andre besuchte von 1951 bis 1953 das angesehene Internat Phillips Academy in Andover (Massachusetts), wo er bei Patrick und Maud Morgan den einzigen formellen Kunstunterricht seines Lebens erhielt. To their annoyance the then editor, Benedict Nicolson, refused to print an article by Richard Morphet, a Tate curator, insisting he had no space.This prompted Sir Norman Reid, the Tate's director, to step in. Documentary celebrating the artwork that captured a nation's imagination - the exhibition of Carl Andre's 120 fire bricks laid out on the floor of the Tate Gallery in 1976.In 1976 Carl Andre's sculpture Equivalent VIII, better known as 'The Tate Bricks', caused a national outcry. The controversy was a debate about the value of modern art itself, that could equally well have had many other pieces of art as its provocation. try again, the name must be uniquePlease He accepted and Hartford got… Yup, 36 rocks sitting on the triangularish lawn on Gold Street near Main. Please Carl Andre is a scavenger. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer
It is also as stupid as brickEquivalent VIII is the very opposite of conceptual art. The BBC seems to be enamored with Mr. Andre…
Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American minimalist artist and recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. {{#replies}} Carl Andre’s uncle reveals how a trip to the English countryside to visit his relatives in the 1950s inspired Carl … Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when A spokeswoman said: "The controversy surrounding Andre's piece was well known at the time, and there were many voices of opposition when it was acquired.