Chris 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.

Known For

Burden

Here Is Always Somewhere Else

Shoot

A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum

The TV Commercials 1973–1977

The Big Wheel

Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74

Velvet Water

All Movies (9)

• Burden2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Metropolis II2014
• Here Is Always Somewhere Else2007 · as Himself
• The TV Commercials 1973–19772000 · as Himself
• A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum1988 · as Himself
• The Big Wheel1980 · as Self
• Documentation of Selected Works 1971-741975 · as Self
• Velvet Water1974 · as Himself
• Shoot1971