Chris Burden
Director
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
Burden
as Self (archive footage) 2016
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
as Himself 2007
Documentation of Selected Works 1971-74
as Self 1975
Metropolis II
2014
The Big Wheel
as Self 1980
Velvet Water
as Himself 1974
Shoot
1971
A Twenty-Year Survey, Newport Harbor Art Museum
as Himself 1988