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Remembering extreme conceptual artist Chris Burden

NY Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz reflects on the life and times of Chris Burden, who died earlier this week at the age of 69.
Artist Chris Burden peers through the base of his 65-foot sculpture titled 'What My Dad Gave Me'. Burden died earlier this week at the age of 69. (The Associated Press)

Compelling and controversial artist Chris Burden died in Calfornia earlier this week. In the wake of that news, Shad checks in with Jerry Saltz — senior art critic for New York Magazine — to reflect on the life of the extreme performance artist. 

Burden made himself a canvas. For decades, he put his body under intense pain and scrutiny, all in the name of art. 

WEB EXTRA | Watch some of Burden's most famous performances in the windows embedded below.