Chris Burden

Born: 1946-04-11

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.


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Burden

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2016-04-16

A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and...

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The Big Wheel

as Self
Released: 1980-01-01

During the 1980 exhibition of Burden's monumental kinetic sculpture The Big Wheel at Ronald...

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Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74

as Self
Released: 1975-11-27

In this short compilation, Chris Burden introduces and narrates selected clips from his public...

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Here Is Always Somewhere Else

as Himself
Released: 2007-06-16

The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975...

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The TV Commercials 1973–1977

as Himself
Released: 2000-01-01

The TV Commercials 1973–1977 (1973–77/2000) is a compilation of four video works—TV Ad (1973),...

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Velvet Water

as Himself
Released: 1974-05-07

May 7th, 1974, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chris Burden relentlessly dunks his head...

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A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum

as Himself
Released: 1988-02-28

Accompanying video to the exhibition "Chris Burden: A Twenty-Year Survey", Newport Harbor Art...

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