Chris Burden
Also Known 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.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: April 11, 1946
Deathday: May 10, 2015
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Gender: Male
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The Big Wheel
Overview: During the 1980 exhibition of Burden's monumental kinetic sculpture The Big Wheel at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, Burden and Feldman were interviewed by art critic Willoughby Sharp. Burden articulates the process of creating The Big Wheel, a 6,000-pound, spinning cast-iron flywheel that is initially powered by a motorcycle, and discusses its relation to his earlier performance pieces and sculptural works. Addressing his motivations and the meaning of this potentially dangerous mechanical art object, Burden discusses such topics as the role of the artist in the industrial world, "personal insanity and mass insanity," and "man's propensity towards violence."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Velvet Water
Overview: May 7th, 1974, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chris Burden relentlessly dunks his head in a filled-up sink, trying to breath water.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-07
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Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
Overview: In this short compilation, Chris Burden introduces and narrates selected clips from his public art performances including 'Shoot', 'Bed Piece', and 'Fire Rolls', among others.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-27
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Burden
Overview: A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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Metropolis II
Overview: A film about a sculpture by Chris Burden.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-27
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Shoot
Overview: November 19, 1971, F Space, Santa Ana, California: “At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend”.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-19
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A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
Overview: Accompanying video to the exhibition "Chris Burden: A Twenty-Year Survey", Newport Harbor Art Museum, California, USA, 1988. Survey, interviews, etc.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-28
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Here Is Always Somewhere Else
Overview: The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic. As seen through the eyes of fellow emigrant filmmaker René Daalder, the picture becomes a sweeping overview of contemporary art films as well as an epic saga of the transformative powers of the ocean.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-16
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The TV Commercials 1973–1977
Overview: The TV Commercials 1973–1977 (1973–77/2000) is a compilation of four video works—TV Ad (1973), Poem for L.A. (1975), Chris Burden Promo (1976), and Full Financial Disclosure (1977)— that were aired as purchased spots on television between 1973 and 1977. Burden notes: “During the early ’70s I conceived a way to break the omnipotent stranglehold of the airwaves that broadcast television had. The solution was to simply purchase commercial advertising time and have the stations play my tapes along with their other commercials.”
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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