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 ·Burdenas Self (archive footage)
- 2014 ·Metropolis IIas
- 2007 ·Here Is Always Somewhere Elseas Himself
- 2000 ·The TV Commercials 1973–1977as Himself
- 1988 ·A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museumas Himself
- 1980 ·The Big Wheelas Self
- 1975 ·Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74as Self
- 1974 ·Velvet Wateras Himself
- 1971 ·Shootas