Chris Burden
Birthday
1946/04/11
Day of death
2015/05/10 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Christopher Lee Burden
Biography
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.
Acting
(1980) The Big Wheel
as Self
(1974) Velvet Water
as Himself
(1975) Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
as Self
(2014) Metropolis II
as ---
(2016) Burden
as Self (archive footage)
(1971) Shoot
as ---
(1988) A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
as Himself
(2007) Here Is Always Somewhere Else
as Himself
(2000) The TV Commercials 1973–1977
as Himself