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Comments on MetaFilter post "My god, are they going to leave me here to die?"Mon, 11 May 2015 07:38:17 -0800Mon, 11 May 2015 07:38:17 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60"My god, are they going to leave me here to die?"
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The late Roger Ebert <a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/chris-burden-my-god-are-they-going-to-leave-me-here-to-die">writes about a piece</a> conceptual artist Chris Burden performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 1975. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/72373/More-than-a-lucky-shot">Chris</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/116276/Channel-your-inner-threeyear-old">Burden</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/106137/The-idea-that-a-car-runs-free-those-days-are-about-to-close">previously</a> <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/137139/Metropolis-II">on Metafilter</a>.</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537Mon, 11 May 2015 07:27:34 -0800Juliet BananaartconceptualartmuseumartistcontemporaryartmodernartperformanceartrogerebertchrisburdenBy: Thorzdad
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It should be added that Chris Burden <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-chris-burden-dies-20150510-story.html#page=1">passed away yesterday.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043211Mon, 11 May 2015 07:38:17 -0800ThorzdadBy: xingcat
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I used to despise conceptual art as a lot of pretentious hoo-ha about nothing, but the more I've found myself willing to listen to the artists, the more interesting and rich its become. Reading about this one piece just sent shivers down my spine.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043234Mon, 11 May 2015 07:55:27 -0800xingcatBy: maxsparber
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A terrific piece of writing by Ebert as well. Really puts you inside the piece, and the man who made it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043239Mon, 11 May 2015 07:59:21 -0800maxsparberBy: Theta States
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Rest in piece, you beautiful man. I am so devastated that you are gone.
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Chris Burden was one of my favourite artists. There is no part of his long career that I have not obsessed over endlessly.
So so sad.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043280Mon, 11 May 2015 08:42:51 -0800Theta StatesBy: thelonius
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<em>I used to despise conceptual art as a lot of pretentious hoo-ha about nothing, but the more I've found myself willing to listen to the artists, the more interesting and rich its become.</em>
I know what you mean. I wandered into a SFMOMA gallery with this installation, <a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/multimedia/interactive_features/10">Indigo Blue</a>, some years ago. If I had only read about it, I would have been dismisssive, and I would not have gone to seek it out. But it had an eerie, undeniable power, and it really changed my opinion of this kind of art.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043286Mon, 11 May 2015 08:48:47 -0800theloniusBy: lumpenprole
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In high school I got into a summer media arts program at the Art Institute in Chicago. It was '86 so we were lugging around giant video cameras attached to Beta decks and freaking out that we could change the tint level on them. The professor showed us Burden's 'Velvet Water'. I remember there being some laughter at first, but as it went on, we were all silent.
I followed his career as much as I could from then on. He was a constant reminder that art should be fearless, always.
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Such an amazing career.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043401Mon, 11 May 2015 10:26:11 -0800mr_robotoBy: tychotesla
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.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043451Mon, 11 May 2015 10:53:49 -0800a box and a stick and a string and a bearBy: Joey Michaels
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I remember reading about the guy who crucified himself on a VW when I was in grade school, and it weirdly stuck with me. The more I've read about the man, the more fascinated I've become. His varied artistic phases all seem like great work to me. What a courageous, creative soul. He'll be missed.
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One of my favorite artists. R.I.P.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043794Mon, 11 May 2015 13:30:59 -0800jcrueltyBy: jcruelty
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llacDdn5yIE">Metropolis II</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043797Mon, 11 May 2015 13:32:18 -0800jcrueltyBy: jcruelty
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Light">Urban Light</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043800Mon, 11 May 2015 13:33:22 -0800jcrueltyBy: mumimor
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.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6043874Mon, 11 May 2015 14:16:21 -0800mumimorBy: persona au gratin
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Thanks for the post. I didn't know about Burden, but I do now thanks to this post. And I loved Ebert. I grew up with Siskel and Ebert in Chicago.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6044008Mon, 11 May 2015 15:59:49 -0800persona au gratinBy: persona au gratin
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Anyone know where I can see Chris Burden stuff in LA or Chicago?comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6044014Mon, 11 May 2015 16:04:08 -0800persona au gratinBy: mr_roboto
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<em>Anyone know where I can see Chris Burden stuff in LA or Chicago?</em>
He's well represented at LACMA. He has two major works featured prominently. "Urban Light" is in the main entry off of Wilshire and "Metropolis II" is on the first floor of the Broad building, in the gallery opposite the Serra. His final work, "Ode to Santos Dumont", will be opening next week at LACMA in the Resnick Pavilion.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6044408Mon, 11 May 2015 22:19:59 -0800mr_robotoBy: persona au gratin
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Cool. Off to LACMA!comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6044476Tue, 12 May 2015 02:02:28 -0800persona au gratinBy: palmcorder_yajna
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In the. School of Fine Arts at UC Irvine in the early 90s, there was always this sense of his Burden's nearness: Like we were a room he'd just left, or a dinner party that he was expected to attend.
Not everyone was eager to buy what Burden was selling, but I loved absolutely all of it: the locker, the VW crucifixion, the crank that tore the gallery apart-- and I remember this beautiful moment, up in LA at the Temporary Contemporary, when one of my professors who'd previously viewed Burden as more of a gimic-smith than an artist, saw <a href="http://nialldebuitlear.com/blog/?p=462">Medusa's Head</a> for the first time and was forced to admit that the guy had genuinely formidable visual chops, in addition to everything else.
I am not at all okay with his death. Not. At. All.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6044480Tue, 12 May 2015 02:09:33 -0800palmcorder_yajnaBy: Juliet Banana
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I have a trip to LA coming up in a few weeks, and this has definitely inspired me to work in a trip to LACMA.comment:www.metafilter.com,2015:site.149537-6044813Tue, 12 May 2015 09:20:03 -0800Juliet Banana
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