Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle

Nancy Spector; Neville Wakefield and Matthew Barney

ISBN 10: 0810969351 / ISBN 13: 9780810969353

Published by Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2002

About this Item

First edition, first issue without the Hugo Boss notice of sponsorship, oversized satin covered hardcover. The issue fully in English, there are also German and possibly French editions. Soiling to covers, a small abrasion to the spine, some rubbing and scratches to covers. Internally a fine clean tight unmarked copy. Lacking the clear dust jacket. A massive work, 558 pages, richly illustrated throughout. Extremely heavy volume that may require additional shipping. Seller Inventory # 003751

Bibliographic Details

Title: Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle

Publisher: Guggenheim Museum, New York

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

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