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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
1,355 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 »

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Performance Art and the Automobile: Chris Burden Crucifed on Beetle, 1974

Chris Burden has achieved an elder-statesman status in the art world—his latest installation, "Urban Light," graces the plaza of the new Broad Contemporary Museum at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. But back in the day, he was a wildman, a freak, fucking dangerous—nothing less than an art hoon. A performance art pioneer who in 1974 had himself crucified to the back of VW Beetle. More »

4:30 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Matthew DeBord
1,351 views, 18 comments