Christopher Lee "Chris" Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art.
I still collect toys. Toys are a reflection of society. They are the tools that society uses to teach and enculturate children into the adult world. Toys are not innocent.
The speeding toy cars produce in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st-century city.
Nail me to my car and I'll tell you who you are
At 6 p. m. I stood in the doorway of my studio facing the Venice boardwalk. A few spectators watched as I pushed two live electric wires into my chest. The wires crossed and exploded, burning me but saving me from electrocution.
At 7:45 p. m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me.
Sidney Hatch
Beau Brummell
Hazel Scott
Steve Swallow
Aino Kallas
Richard Fortey
Jacob Viner
Lakshmi Mittal
Oscar Hijuelos
Joseph L. Bast
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Akihiro Miwa