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Chris Burden's Shot in the Arm

It was a once common refrain for critics to ask whether Chris Burden would live to see his thirtieth birthday. But while myth-making performances such as 1971's Shoot eventually gave way to a less-risky brand of performance art, his works have never lost their edge. Watch his transition from art's bad boy to enlightened engineer with these videos from various stages in his career.

Related: From bad boy to enlightened engineer, Burden has nothing left to prove

June 2008









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