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Christopher Lee Burden
Chris Burden
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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.
Filmography
Movies
Burden
as Self (archive footage)
Metropolis II
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
as Himself
The TV Commercials 1973–1977
as Himself
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
as Himself
The Big Wheel
as Self
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
as Self
Velvet Water
as Himself
Shoot