PRESS RELE ASE
NEW WORK BY CHRIS BURDEN AT MAGASIN 3
Chris Burden in his studio (February 2013),
working on Ode to Santos-Dumont, A Work
in Progress, 2013.
Magasin 3 is delighted to announce the acquisition of Ode to Santos-Dumont, A Work in Progress (2013) by Chris Burden
(born 1946, USA). The collage has been made specifically for the second season of his exhibition here in Stockholm, and
documents his latest project. Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932) was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. During his years in France
at the turn of the last century, Santos-Dumont experimented with designing, building and flying different types of airborne
craft. His international renown was cemented when, in 1901, he won the Deutsch Prize for successfully circumnavigating the
newly erected Eiffel Tower.
“This project relates to both the B-Car and Mexican Bridge in that it is part of my continuing exploration of engineering, turn
of the century technology and transporting a body through space.” – Chris Burden
The collage is made up of material that Burden collected in the process of building a scale model of Santos-Dumont’s airship.
The airship, made of aluminum Erector-building parts, will be held aloft by a large helium-filled balloon. A gas engine, built
from drawings dated 1901, will power the airship as it circles a more than 13-meter tall model of the Eiffel Tower. This installation will form part of Chris Burden’s large solo exhibition at the New Museum in New York, which opens in September 2013.
CHRIS BURDEN
September 22, 2012 – June 2, 2013
Curator: Tessa Praun
This exhibition presents a group of key works by Chris Burden that were included in his solo show at Magasin 3 during the
spring of 1999. Each work explores technological solutions for moving the human body through space. B-Car, designed and
hand-built by Burden himself in 1975, appears together with unique documentary material including sketches, texts, photographs and articles, that record Burden’s work-in-progress. The exhibition also includes two of his bridges made of Erector
metal toy construction sets – Mexican Bridge (1998–99) and 1/4 Ton Bridge (1997). For the spring season at Magasin 3,
Chris Burden has created the collage Ode to Santos-Dumont, A Work in Progress 2013).
For further information contact: Lisa Boström, Communications Manager: [email protected],
tel +46-8-545 680 58, mob +46-70-772 87 22 , Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Frihamnsgatan 28, 115 56 Stockholm