We breifly looked at Chris Buden today in critcal studies. In the context of being Avant Garde. It represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is culturally accepted by the norm in society. It was seen as the hallmark of modernsim, as distinct from postmodernism. Post modernisits claim that Avant Garde is no longer a part of post moderism, with its constant pushing of the bounderies and wlamost wantin to shock its audience each time.
Burden's reputation as a performance artist started to grow in the early 1970s after he made a series of controversial performances in which the idea of personal danger as artistic expression was central.
Investigating the psychological experience of personal danger and physical risk, he used his own body as an art object in outrageous, sometimes shocking acts, aggressively confronting the artist/audience relationship and the artmaking process.
Inparticularly looking at his works 'shoot', see below:
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