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Chris Burden

1946 - 2015

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Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance art, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Burden is the 238th most popular sculptor (down from 234th in 2019), the 10,755th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,363rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Chris Burden ranks 238 out of 258. Before him are Nikolai Tomsky, Knut Steen, Sabiha Bengütaş, Cícero Moraes, Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański, and Beverly Pepper. After him are Walter W. Winans, Mari Gerekmezyan, Jens Galschiøt, Harriet Hosmer, Mikhail Anikushin, and Augusta Savage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Chris Burden ranks 705. Before him are Justin Hayward, Valery Muratov, Naomi Judd, Julia Annas, Uroš Marović, and John M. Lounge. After him are Stanisław Barańczak, Oscar Zubía, John B. Taylor, Ma Kai, Kazuhiro Ninomiya, and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. Among people deceased in 2015, Chris Burden ranks 442. Before him are Joan Leslie, Allen Toussaint, Howard Kendall, Robert Craft, Anne-Marie Lizin, and Anatoly Logunov. After him are Abu Anas al-Libi, Andy Fraser, Steve Strange, Edward Brooke, Bassel Khartabil, and M. H. Abrams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Burden ranks 10,757 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Manson (1984), Geoffrey Arend (1978), Alfonso Ribeiro (1971), Jerry Pournelle (1933), Irving Pichel (1891), and Christy Canyon (1966). After him are Paul Stewart (1908), J. Alden Weir (1852), Albert Heath (1935), John McCloskey (1810), Melvin Frank (1913), and Evelyn Brent (1895).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Chris Burden ranks 16. Before him are Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Daniel Chester French (1850), and Beverly Pepper (1922). After him are Harriet Hosmer (1830), Augusta Savage (1892), Dale Chihuly (1941), Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876), Ruth Asawa (1926), and Horatio Greenough (1805).

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