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Chris Burden

1946 - 2015

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Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance art, sculpture, and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including Shoot (1971), where he arranged for a friend to shoot him in the arm with a small-caliber rifle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Burden has received more than 657,330 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Burden is the 234th most popular sculptor, the 9,360th most popular biography from United States and the 15th most popular American Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Chris Burden ranks 234 out of 258. Before him are Nikolai Tomsky, Anna Golubkina, Sabiha Bengütaş, Erzsébet Schaár, Hellmuth Marx, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. After him are Horatio Greenough, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, Knut Steen, Beverly Pepper, Ronald Pope, and Mari Gerekmezyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Chris Burden ranks 649. Before him are Helen Gourlay, Terry Branstad, Patrick Rambaud, Georgi Markov, Eric Van Lustbader, and María Teresa Ruiz. After him are Dave Mason, George Lusztig, Roberto Chale, Zygmunt Anczok, Mo Ibrahim, and Vladimir Tukmakov. Among people deceased in 2015, Chris Burden ranks 395. Before him are Verne Gagne, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Kendall, Alberto Cardaccio, Nina Otkalenko, and Boris Shilkov. After him are Edward Natapei, Catherine E. Coulson, Bob Foster, Michel Scheuer, Dobrosav Krstić, and Surya Bahadur Thapa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Burden ranks 9,360 out of 20,380. Before him are Linda Yaccarino (1963), Ken Henry (1929), Taboo (1975), Frances Schroth (1893), Guy Siner (1947), and Kim Delaney (1961). After him are Frank Fetter (1863), Dave Filoni (1974), Danny Sullivan (1950), Josh Klinghoffer (1979), John Henry Twachtman (1853), and Jim Backus (1913).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Chris Burden ranks 15. Before him are Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), Duane Hanson (1925), Daniel Chester French (1850), and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875). After him are Horatio Greenough (1805), Beverly Pepper (1922), Augusta Savage (1892), Dale Chihuly (1941), Harriet Hosmer (1830), and Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876).

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