Editing Chris Burden (section)

{{Short description|American artist (1946–2015)}}
{{Infobox artist
| name          = Chris Burden
| image         = Chris_Burden.jpg
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| birth_name    =
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1946|04|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2015|05|10|1946|04|11|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [[Topanga Canyon]], [[California]], U.S.
| movement      =
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Barbara Burden|1967|1976|end=divorced}}<ref name="Barbara"/>
* [[Nancy Rubins]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kennedy|first1=Randy|title=The Balance of a Career|work=The New York Times |date=6 September 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/arts/design/chris-burdens-feats-of-art-are-to-fill-the-new-museum.html}}</ref>
}}
| awards        =
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| field         = [[Performance art]], [[installation art]], [[sculpture]]
| training      = [[Pomona College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of California, Irvine]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])
| works         =
}}
'''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 (Burden)|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.