Burden

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Chris Burdern guaranteed his place in art history in 1971 with a period of often dangerous and at times stomach-churning performances. After having himself shot, locked up in a locker for five days, electrocuted, and crucified on the back of a VW bug, Burden reinvented himself as the creator of truly mesmerizing installations and sculptures, from a suspended gigantic flywheel that seemingly spins on its own, to an assemblage of antique streetlights rewired for solar energy and illuminated outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.

Directors
- Richard Dewey
- Timothy Marrinan
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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

345

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Richard Dewey
- Timothy Marrinan
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Chris Burden

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Larry Gagosian

Frank Gehry

Jonathan Gold

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Peter Plagens

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Featured review

7/10

I have to admit I watched it - and I have to throw in my opinion

First of, I am not a professional Artist. I have a daughter who is and some relatives who are.

I am not at all crazy about the Jack Ass movie series but as I watched this I can see he is brilliant in his own way. It was like watching the people that make that type of movie explain themselves in a rational and logical way.

I thought his idea that the sculpture itself might not need to be the art but what it does to the folks around them or how it makes them feel can be the art. I would agree with that.

I made me think which is what I appreciated the most I guess. A must watch? Probably not unless you are into art possibly.