Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle (SIGNED)

Barney, Matthew; Spector, Nancy & Neville Wakefield

ISBN 10: 0810969351 / ISBN 13: 9780810969353

Published by The Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2002

About this Item

SIGNED on title page by Matthew Barney. With essays by Nancy Spector and Neville Wakefield. Text in English. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions in Cologne, Paris and New York, 2002 - 2003. ; Tight, clean and crisp. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. An excellent copy. ; 2.44 x 12.76 x 9.29 Inche; xv, 546 pages; Signed by Artist. Seller Inventory # 13951

Bibliographic Details

Title: Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle (SIGNED)

Publisher: The Guggenheim Museum, New York

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First 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