Editing Carl Andre (section)

=== ''Equivalent VIII'' ===
{{Main|Equivalent VIII{{!}}''Equivalent VIII''}}
In 1972, Britain's [[Tate Gallery]] acquired Andre's ''[[Equivalent VIII]]'', an arrangement of 120 [[firebrick]]s.

The piece was exhibited several times without incident, but became the center of controversy in 1976 after being featured in an article in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' and later being defaced with blue [[food dye]].  The "Bricks controversy" became one of the most famous public debates in Britain about contemporary art.<ref>John Walker. (1999). [http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Carl-Andre-bricks-Tate-Gallery-1976 "Carl Andre's 'pile of bricks'- Tate Gallery acquisition controversy – 1976"]. ''Art & outrage''/''artdesigncafe''. Retrieved December 23, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/archivejourneys/historyhtml/people_public.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130802144417/http://www.tate.org.uk/archivejourneys/historyhtml/people_public.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Archive Journeys: Tate History – People, The Public – Tate }}</ref><ref name="BBC Four, Bricks">{{Cite serial |title=Bricks! |date=17 August 2017 |network=[[BBC Four]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07w6hdm}}</ref>