Shoot performance
Shoot performance at F-Space Gallery in Santa Ana, California, 1971, Chris Burden. Gelatin silver print documenting the event by Alfred Lutjeans. 9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Art in the Public Interest and 18th Street Arts Center, 2006.M.8.41. © Chris Burden
On View at the Getty Center: Greetings from L.A.: Artists and Publics 1950-1980
One of Chris Burden’s most infamous pieces, Shoot, in which the artist had himself shot in the arm, was performed while Burden was still a MFA student at the University of California, Irvine. To give themselves the freedom to experiment as they wished, the members of Burden’s cohort at Irvine—Barbara T. Smith and Nancy Buchanan among them—converted an off-campus warehouse into a site to host performances and exhibitions by the students and their friends and acquaintances.
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Video: Learn more about the region’s network of art schools with artist Barbara T. Smith
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Announcement for Dead Man performance by Chris Burden at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 12, 1972. © Chris Burden. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.4
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Announcement for Jack Goldstein exhibition at the Mizuno Gallery in Los Angeles, November 1972. © Jack Goldstein Estate. The Getty Research Institute, Gift of Riko Mizuno, 2010.M.84.1
