Chris Burden: Body and Sculpture
Location
Science Center, A209
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-26-2013 4:00 PM
End Date
4-26-2013 5:00 PM
Abstract
In his most famous work, Shoot, artist Chris Burden had himself shot in the upper arm with a .22 caliber rifle fired by an assistant. While scholars have concentrated on the broader social and political ramifications of this violent and confrontational work, Burden himself has called Shoot and his other early performances "sculptures." My research explores what it means to call a bodily performance a sculpture and what sculpture tells us about the broader social and ethical implications of this art.
Recommended Citation
Morein, John Michael, "Chris Burden: Body and Sculpture" (04/26/13). Senior Symposium. 34.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2013/presentations/34
Major
Art History
Advisor(s)
Sarah Hamill, Art History
Project Mentor(s)
Sarah Hamill, Art History
April 2013
Chris Burden: Body and Sculpture
Science Center, A209
In his most famous work, Shoot, artist Chris Burden had himself shot in the upper arm with a .22 caliber rifle fired by an assistant. While scholars have concentrated on the broader social and political ramifications of this violent and confrontational work, Burden himself has called Shoot and his other early performances "sculptures." My research explores what it means to call a bodily performance a sculpture and what sculpture tells us about the broader social and ethical implications of this art.
Notes
Session III, Panel 15: The Bourgeois, the Bicep, and the Abject: Anomalous Gazes in Painting, Sculpture, and Cinema
Moderator: Erik Inglis, Associate Professor of Art History