Chris Burden
Director · 1946 – 2015 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Movies3
- Movie6.0Documentary
A film about a sculpture by Chris Burden.
Metropolis II
2014 · 1 votes
Movie5.8DocumentaryA probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.
Burden
2016 · 16 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryThe life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic. As seen through the eyes of fellow emigrant filmmaker René Daalder, the picture becomes a sweeping overview of contemporary art films as well as an epic saga of the transformative powers of the ocean.
Here Is Always Somewhere Else
2007 · 3 votes