i am so inspired by chris burden.
he spent a large part of the 1970's committing acts of violence and torture upon himself so as to portray the meaning of art through pushing the boundaries far past what is comfortable.
"His works are violence about violence. But more directly, his work forces viewers to question their passivity in response to violence. By confronting viewers with his life threatening and sensational performances Burden suggested that the public was becoming increasingly desensitized to violence. The exceedingly high-risk body works crafted by Chris Burden are a means of working through ideas, while attracting attention to the violence in our culture and the media, which seems to be in command of all it delivers."
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