Chris Burden
April 11, 1946 (78 years old) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including Shoot (1971), where he arranged for a friend to shoot him in the arm with a small-caliber rifle. A prolific artist, Burden created many well-known installations, public artworks and sculptures before his death in 2015.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · Burden as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Metropolis II as
- 2007 · Here Is Always Somewhere Else as Himself
- 2000 · The TV Commercials 1973–1977 as Himself
- 1988 · A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum as Himself
- 1980 · The Big Wheel as Self
- 1975 · Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74 as Self
- 1974 · Velvet Water as Himself
- 1971 · Shoot as