Chris Burden: Extreme Measures

Over the past four decades, Chris Burden (b. 1946 Boston, MA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA) has created a powerful body of work that has redefined the way we understand performance, sculpture, and installation. One of the most important artists to emerge since 1970, Burden has consistently put physical and psychological limits to the test. “Extreme Measures” is the artist’s first New York survey and first major exhibition in the United States in over twenty-five years. Occupying all five floors of the New Museum, this presentation offers an opportunity to examine the ways in which Burden has continuously investigated the breaking point of materials, institutions, and even himself. 

"Chris Burden: Extreme Measures" is on view through January 12, 2014.