By
Nick Haramis
May 06, 2008
In the 1970s, performance artist Chris Burden (pictured left) ordered his assistant to shoot him in the arm with a loaded rifle. It was an experiment that positioned pain and personal expression as bed partners. Almost three decades later, Johnny Knoxville made a name for himself by betraying his balls, and those of his idiot friends. Despite the masochism inherent in both of their performances, Burden and Knoxville are incongruous. Gallery owner Susan Inglett, however, might not agree.
