Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle

Spector, Nancy; Goodeve, Thyrza; Wakefield, Neville

ISBN 10: 0810969351 / ISBN 13: 9780810969353

Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002

About this Item

1st edition. Hardbound in Lucite dust jacket. Minor wear to boards, slightly cocked, with light bumps to covers, otherwise very good.

Seller Inventory # A101668

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810969351
• ISBN 13: 9780810969353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Film

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