Chris Burden
Edited in close collaboration with the artist and organized thematically to emphasize conceptual links between projects, this first monograph on the art of Chris Burden (1946–2015) provides a comprehensive overview of his highly influential practice. It features 377 illustrations, 244 of them in color, and many with compelling commentaries by Burden, and also documents numerous unrealized works. In-depth essays by Fred Hoffman, Lisa Le Feuvre, Paul Schimmel, Kristine Stiles, and Robert Storr unpack the artist’s work and its historical context.
From his controversial action- and endurance-based works of the 1970s to the technically complex installations and monumental sculptures of his later career, Burden consistently challenged his own physical and mental limitations to reflect on the precarious realities of contemporary life. His fascination with architectural structure, societal organization, and systems of power resulted in an extraordinary body of work that redefined the relationships between artist, viewer, and artwork.
In addition to the book’s essays, which include Le Feuvre’s account of Burden’s Ghost Ship (2005), Schimmel’s discussion of the artist’s works on paper, and Stiles’s dissection of the key role of light in Burden’s practice, Chris Burden also features selected proposals, images of and commentary on early works, and a catalogue of projects and publications from 1971 to 2005.
Publisher: Locus+
Publication date: 2007
Contributors: Fred Hoffman, Lisa Le Feuvre, Paul Schimmel, Kristine Stiles, Robert Storr
Designer: Mark Thomson
Printer: Conti Tipocolor, Florence, Italy
Distributor: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, New York
Format: Cloth hardcover in dust jacket
Dimensions: 10 × 11 7/8 inches (25.4 × 30.2 cm)
Pages: 416
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-899377-18-3
