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Chris Burden, Ghost Ship, 2005
Chris Burden, Ghost Ship, 2005

Chris Burden Dies, Age 69

A story by

Chad Rossouw

on the 11th of May 2015. This should take you < 1 minute to read.

Chris Burden, sculptor and performance artist died of a malignant melanoma, aged 69. Burden is well known for his radical performance art, such as Shoot (1971), and more recently for his ambitious large scale sculpture.

See a full obituary here.

Tagged: Chris Burden, Performance, Sculpture

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