Matthew Barney


  • Date of Birth: 25 March, 1967
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
  • Biography: Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American artist who works in sculpture, photography, drawing and film. His early works were sculptural installations combined with performance and video. Between 1994 and 2002 he created the Cremaster Cycle, a series of five feature-length films described by Jonathan Jones in The... Read more

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The Goodyear blimp, Norman Mailer as Harry Houdini and sex bomb Ursula Andress as "Queen of Chain." This image list may suggest Hollywood at its most crass, but it is in fact part of the decade-spanning Cremaster Cycle. ... Full Article

In February times2 joined forces with the Saatchi Gallery to ask the question: who is the greatest modern artist of them all? We suggested around 600 artists for your consideration, and asked you to nominate any that you thought we... ... Full Article

Recently, at a dinner party, a friend mentioned that he'd never seen so many outsiders moving into town. This struck me as a highly suspect statement. ... Full Article

T he deliciously named Swiss miss Pipilotti Rist, who for two decades has been ravishing viewers with her fiesta-colored video visions, has risen to new heights of trippy bliss. ... Full Article

Few musical traditions are more peculiar and compelling than the katajjaq throat singing of the Inuit , a 25,000-strong native population concentrated in Canada's Nunavut territory. ... Full Article

What it Is, and How it Stacks Up to Other Controversial WorksAccording to The Yale Daily News, senior and Art major Aliza Shvarts goal in creating her senior art project was to "spark conversation and debate." In that, Ms. ... Full Article

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