The Equivalents, Andre's first flat floor works, dispense with the traditional sculptural pedestal and therefore also eliminate the division between artistic and ordinary space that it implies.

The viewer and the sculpture exist in the same field, a fact heightened by the artist's decision to use unexceptional, factory-made bricks rather than a material associated with fine art, such as bronze or marble.Most of the works in the 1966 series were destroyed.

Andre recreated them in 1969 using firebricks, because the original material, sand-lime brick, was no longer available.

Publication excerpt from MoMA Highlights: 375

Works from The Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2019)