Drawing Restraint Volume IV

Matthew Barney

ISBN 10: 0979507707 / ISBN 13: 9780979507700

Published by JMc & GHB Editions, 2007

About this Item

Drawing Restraint: Volume IV is a limited edition artist's book by Matthew Barney, created in conjunction with his film Drawing Restraint 9. The book features surreal drawings inspired by the film's nautical setting aboard a whaling vessel in the Sea of Japan. Barney's intricate illustrations evoke themes of Japanese ceremonies and aquatic transformations, reflecting the film's exploration of cultural rituals and bodily constraints. The publication includes the first published images from Barney's subsequent project, Drawing Restraint 13, filmed at the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in 2006. This project continues Barney's interest in dramatic encounters between Westerners and Japan, with Barney portraying General Douglas MacArthur in performances that draw upon significant moments from the late stages of World War II. Produced in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, the book is a fine press production, featuring facsimiles of drawings and letters printed in letterpress on Japanese paper, accompanied by lush duotone plates. The volume is case-bound, reflecting the best traditions of fine press printing. Condition: New. Still sealed in original shrinkwrap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drawing Restraint Volume IV
• Publisher: JMc & GHB Editions
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0979507707
• ISBN 13: 9780979507700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Matthew Barney
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Artist's Books

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Synopsis

Drawing Restraint Volume IV includes drawings related to Drawing Restraint 9, a film set on a whaling vessel in the Sea of Japan that features Matthew Barney and his partner, the musician Bjork (who also scored the film). Barney s exquisite drawings are surrealistic evocations of the film s nautical settings, Japanese ceremonies, and aquatic transformations. The book also contains the first published images from Barney s latest project, Drawing Restraint 13, which he filmed at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in the spring of 2006 and publicly screened for the first time at his SF MoMA retrospective last fall. The film shows Barney s continuing interest in dramatic encounters of Westerners coming into contact with Japan. He plays General MacArthur in a performance that draws upon two historically significant moments from the late stages of WWII. The first is MacArthur s legendary landing on the beaches in the Philippines, a symbolic reclamation of territory that had earlier been conquered by Japan. The second is MacArthur s acceptance of the articles of surrender from Japanese officials on board the USS Missouri, the ceremony that ended the war. Drawing Restraint Volume IV incorporates the best traditions of fine press printing. Facsimiles of drawings and letters are printed in letterpress on Japanese paper and accompanied by lush duotone plates. The volume is case bound and issued in an edition of 1000 copies.

About the Author

Matthew Barney was born in 1967 and studied art at Yale University. He has received numerous awards including the Aperto prize at the 1993 Venice Biennale and the 1996 Hugo Boss Award. He has been included in group exhibitions worldwide such as Documenta IX in Kassel, Germany; the Whitney Biennials of 1993 and 1995; and the groundbreaking Post-Human exhibition in 1992. His solo exhibition The Cremaster Cycle, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, traveled to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Musée d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.