Sentences with phrase «friend shot him in the arm»

Los Angeles — based conceptual artist Chris Burden is well - known for his performance art pieces of the 1970s, including Shoot (1971), a response to the Vietnam War in which he had a friend shoot him in the arm with a.22 - caliber rifle.

Ben - Ner's homespun process is evident, connecting his work to a long lineage of artists that have recorded their actions rather than perform them live, from Bruce Nauman's repetitive movements in his studio, such as Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Perimeter of a Square (1967 — 68), to Chris Burden's Shoot (1971), in which the artist has a friend shoot him in the arm with a rifle.

He stood still while a friend shot him in the arm.

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The Burden refers directly to Chris Burden's performance piece, Shoot (1971), in which Burden's friend, at the artist's request, shot him in the arm.

In Trans - Fixed, Burden had himself crucified on the back of a Volkswagen Beetle, while for Shoot he asked a friend to shoot him in the arIn Trans - Fixed, Burden had himself crucified on the back of a Volkswagen Beetle, while for Shoot he asked a friend to shoot him in theShoot he asked a friend to shoot him in theshoot him in the arin the arm.

The artist notoriously had himself shot in the arm by a rifle - wielding friend; crawled through broken glass; spent an entire day hung on a museum gallery wall, bound into a canvas sling.

Austria's Galerie Krinzinger will show the work of late Los Angeles conceptual performance artist and sculptor Chris Burden, known for staging a shocking work in 1971 where he directed a friend to shoot him in the arm.

If you need a new pic, have a friend help you — the web cam or DIY Instagram picture with your arm in the shot looks unprofessional.

The singer has attended her friend Nas» 40th birthday party in black mini-dress with sparkly purple arm sling, and described her outfit in an Instagram shot as «slinging it up» in the city.