On December 14, 1977, the American artist Chris Burden embarked on an approximately six-month-long relationship that would be characterized by a dysfunctional cycle of desire, adventure, instability, and eventual remorse. What began as an angry rebound following a breakup with his girlfriend and frustration with his New York art dealer became an obsession that would result in accusations of stolen property, a hit-and-run accident, and insurance claims involving the Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol.However, the object of Burden’s fixation was not a person, but a thing: a 16,000-pound 1952 Ford tractor-trailer that he nicknamed “Big Job.” He would later recall of the vehicle: “It was a bad truck and I wanted it.”Chris Burden, Big Wrench, 1980 (still), single-channel video, color, sound, 15:12 minutesBurden first laid eyes on Big Job on the side of Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, California, where it had been parked with a “For Sale” sign in the window.
- 1/29/2019
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