Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle (Guggenheim Soft Cover Edition)

BARNEY, Matthew, SPECTOR, Nancy, WAKEFIELD, Neville

ISBN 10: 0810969351 / ISBN 13: 9780810969353

Published by Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2002

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated, debossed silk-covered wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and stills by Matthew Barney. Text by Nancy Spector. Glossary by Neville Wakefield. Includes personal perspectives from people involved with the films, film credits, an exhibition history, bibliography and a screening history. 524 pp., with hundreds of color reproductions and numerous color reference illustrations, extraordinarily well-printed by Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei, Ostfildern-Ruit. 12-1/2 x 9 inches. Published on the occasion of the 2002 exhibition Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, organized by Nancy Spector, at Museum Ludwig, Cologne (also traveled to Paris and New York). Fine. A near-mint copy. This catalogue documents Matthew Barney's eight-year Cremaster project. Beginning with work from before the Cremaster films, Nancy Spector's text (accompanied by dozens of illustrations), establishes the importance of Barney's 5 films, not only grappling with his rigorous sexual logic, but delving into the roles geography, identity and form serve in his film--and ultimately, art--cycle. Although the Cremaster cycle was made out of order (4, 1, 5, 2, 3), the book is organized numerically, featuring stills, details and plans for films 1 through 5. Seller Inventory # 108434

Bibliographic Details

Title: Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle (...

Publisher: Guggenheim Museum, New York

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket as issued

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

Filled with hundreds of Matthew Barney's fantastical images, this comprehensive volume, which accompanies a major exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, surveys the popular artist's CREMASTER cycle—an epic five-part film project that uses the biological model of sexual difference as its conceptual departure point.

Three essays by Barney experts articulate the series' diverse themes and explore the artist's innovative aesthetic vocabulary; interviews with key collaborators— composer, costume designer, make-up artist, technicians, and actors—reveal his working process. In addition to stills from the five films—including the final episode, CREMASTER 3, which will premiere at the exhibition—the book features related sculptures, photographs, drawings, and storyboards. For anyone intrigued by this Wagner of contemporary art, this is an atlas to his enticingly hypnotic worlds.

Review:

"The most important American artist of his generation." -- Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times Magazine