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Performance Art and the Automobile: 100mpg, 100mph, Chris Burden Was a Greenie and a Hoon

On Monday, we flashed back to the early 1970s and madman artist/seminal art hoon Chris Burden, who had himself nailed to a VW Bug. At the time, we promised more on Crazy Chris, who has in the intervening years graduated to a rather exalted position in the art world (many commenters in the first post pointed to other Burden works). Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties yesterday which delayed us a bit. Anyway, not long after Burden's adventure with the nails and the Beetle, the artist once again proved himself to be a true California boy and a proto-greenie as well as a hoon with a conscience, creating a piece of art that was all about driving as an esthetic statement. More »

5:15 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Matthew DeBord
1,349 views, 17 comments

Latest by Smitty: @lascauxcaveman: Ahhh, but if done correctly, and with the proper marketing, it is very well paying bullshit. I speak as one who earned his living for decades by his art, some of which was actually automotive. more »