Best-Sellers: Top 10 controversies in modern art
----------------------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 CONTROVERSIES IN MODERN ART ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Marcel Duchamps' Fountain. . . . . . . urinal, 1917 2 Carl Andre's Equivalent VIII. . . . . . the bricks, 1972 3 Jeff Koons and wife. . . . . . . . . . flagrante delecto, 1990 4 Robert Mapplethorpe's male nude pics. . 1986 5 Damien Hirst's shark in formaldehyde. . 1991 6 Michelangelo Pistoletto's Piss Christ. 1991 7 Vong Phaophanit's Neon Rice Field. . . 1993 8 Anything by Gilbert and George. . . . . 1969 onwards 9 Piero Manzoni's can containing Artist's Shit. 1960s 10 Members Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barcelona exhibition, 12 Nov 1993 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chart by Iain Gale, art writer for The Independent -----------------------------------------------------------------
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