I was at UCLA during Burden's tenure and we'd hear things but I never saw him that I know of. It is reminiscent of Burroughs and the apple on the head.
Monkeyman, do you really want your son to emulate that kind of danger?
But you need to consider that the work presented in a gallery setting was that of photographs and text. Burden was much more well known in photography circles than as a performance artist. Issues swirling around not the act but the documentation of an act.
I'm not implying that Burden didn't perform such acts but questioning the validity of said documentation.
I am also a Taurus who enjoys long walks in scary poorly illuminated places, mid-seventies Dutch commercials and a variety of preparations of toast. Hobbies include a collection of thumb tacks and a passion for locking and unlocking doors.
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Truly profound...........
Ooh, love it.
I am very proud of the big monkeyboy.
He could turn it into a movement, a t-shirt, a YouTube. I sense a budding artist.
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If you knew him you might think Chris Burden
I was at UCLA during Burden's tenure and we'd hear things but I never saw him that I know of. It is reminiscent of Burroughs and the apple on the head.
Monkeyman, do you really want your son to emulate that kind of danger?
He lives for danger.
But you need to consider that the work presented in a gallery setting was that of photographs and text. Burden was much more well known in photography circles than as a performance artist. Issues swirling around not the act but the documentation of an act.
I'm not implying that Burden didn't perform such acts but questioning the validity of said documentation.
His more recent works of interactive sculpture have and element of destruction and danger that are rather seductive.
I guess glue wouldn't hold the same visual impact
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