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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
April 11, 1946
Died
May 10, 2015
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Christopher Lee Burden
Chris Burden
0.1 Popularity
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
5.8
Self (archive footage)
Burden
2016
🎬
6.0
Metropolis II
2014
6.0
Himself
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
2007
0.0
Himself
The TV Commercials 1973–1977
2000
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Himself
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
1988
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Self
The Big Wheel
1980
7.5
Self
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
1975
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Himself
Velvet Water
1974
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Shoot
1971
Credits
Burden
as Self (archive footage)
2016
5.8
🎬
Metropolis II
2014
6.0
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
as Himself
2007
6.0
The TV Commercials 1973–1977
as Himself
2000
0.0
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
as Himself
1988
0.0
The Big Wheel
as Self
1980
0.0
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
as Self
1975
7.5
Velvet Water
as Himself
1974
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Shoot
1971
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