#chris burden

[edhoppers]

Chris Burden, 747

1973

[badarchitecturesucks]

Chris Burden, Dos Equis, 1972

[acidwithcaroline]

Chris Burden makes me think about life, death, and temptation.

[schizografia]

Chris Burden “Trans-Fixed” 1974

[zurich-snows]

Chris Burden, Through The Night Softly, 1973.

Broken Glass: In his ironically titled 1973 piece, Through the Night Softly, Burden slithered across broken glass in his underwear with his hands bound behind his back. An audience uncomfortably watched Burden’s agonizing pain as shards of glass shredded the front of his body. As if this wasn’t enough, Burden went on to purchase late night commercial spots on a local TV station, running a ten second clip of the piece so that the discomfort of pain could be felt within the comfort of homes around California.

What was the point of these acts and how can this abuse of your own body be called “art”?!?

Find out on The Art Story website: https://www.theartstory.org/movement/performance-art/

Read more about Burden’s life and career here: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/burden-chris/

[gregdotorg]

These vintage prints from an edition of five were acquired directly from performance artist Chris Burden in 1975. They document some of his peak twink era performance art pieces. They didn't sell together last year, but maybe they'll sell separately this month? Which, wtf, just spend the money and keep them together, Burden collector. I'm sure LA Modern will give you combined shipping.

Images: Prelude to 220, or 110 (1971), where Burden was bolted to the floor next to buckets of water with a live electrical wire in them; Bed Piece (1972), where he stayed in bed in a gallery for 22 days; and 747 (1973), where he shot a pistol at a plane departing from LAX.

[milksockets]

‘LAPD uniform’ by chris burden at hudson river museum

[peterdoroshenko]

[thinkingimages]

Chris Burden – Doorway to Heaven (1973)

[archiveofaffinities]

Chris Burden, Untitled, Installation on Pomona College Campus, California, 1969

[bobbole]

Chris Burden, Doorway to Heaven (1973)

[vitesse-x]

"Get in Girls" with Pearly Drops is out now! Stream it here.

Written Recorded & Produced by Pearly Drops + Vitesse X Lyrics by Pearly Drops Mixed by Juuso Malin Mastered by Joe LaPorta Music Video by Chris Burden

[battznest]

WIP —⟢He was a fortune teller, he said “Nail me to my car, and I'll tell ya who you are”.⟢—

[lonelydogdays]

Chris Burden

Prelude to 220 or 110 (in 2 parts), 1971

Gelatin silver prints, cm 39.4x30.5

[gregdotorg]

In 1978 Chris Burden wanted to smuggle drugs in the funnest most conceptually advanced way possible, so he put two joins on a rubber band-powered plane and flew it across the chainlink fence at the US-Mexico border, and then called it a piece of performance art. And eventually he sold a relic of the performance, a vitrine with two spare planes and two spare joints, to a radiologist in Berkeley.

images: Chris Burden, Coals to Newcastle, 1978, in Calexico, CA; details of the relic vitrine via Christie's

[unwingedunplumed]

Machikado Mazoku x Chris Burden (took me a billion tries to get this to look decent, weh)