Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1946-04-11
Day of Death
2015-05-10
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Filmography (9)
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Burden
2016No Image
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Unknown
Metropolis II
2014
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Himself
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
2007
⭐ 0
Role:
Himself
The TV Commercials 1973–1977
2000
⭐ 0
Role:
Himself
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
1988
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
The Big Wheel
1980
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Self
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
1975
⭐ 0
Role:
Himself
Velvet Water
1974
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown