Matthew Barney Movies

  • 1988
    DRAWING RESTRAINT 2

    DRAWING RESTRAINT 2

    DRAWING RESTRAINT 2

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    Black and white video Mathew Barney early work

    DRAWING RESTRAINT 2
  • 2006
    Instrument of Surrender

    Instrument of Surrender

    Instrument of Surrender

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    American WWII soldiers open a mold, exposing a solid architectural structure made entirely of petroleum jelly. The soldiers violently soften the...

    Instrument of Surrender
  • 2010
    Drawing Restraint 17

    Drawing Restraint 17

    Drawing Restraint 17

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    The latest installment in the monumental Drawing Restraint series, which merges sculpture, athleticism and cryptic symbolism into a stunning...

    Drawing Restraint 17
  • 2002
    The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle

    The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle

    The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle

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    With the five-part Cremaster Cycle of films, multi-award-winning artist Matthew Barney invented a densely layered and interconnected sculptural world...

    The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
  • 2015
    Drawing Restraint 23

    Drawing Restraint 23

    Drawing Restraint 23

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    Presented as part of the exhibition "RIVER OF FUNDAMENT", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

    Drawing Restraint 23
  • 2022
    Catasterism

    Catasterism

    Catasterism

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    In September 2021, Barney and Bepler presented a live performance at Schaulager titled ‘Catasterism in Three Movements.’ CATASTERISM...

    Catasterism
  • 1988
    Scabaction

    Scabaction

    Scabaction

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    Goo, orifice fixation, medical procedures, non-human/inanimate entities considered as bodies. Scabaction records the welding of a sculpture, some...

    Scabaction
  • 1997
    Drawing Restraint 7

    Drawing Restraint 7

    Drawing Restraint 7

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    A video installation in which Satyrs grapple in a limousine as it drives through the tunnels of New York City. While one satyr chases its tail in the...

    Drawing Restraint 7
  • 2006
    Hoist

    Hoist

    Hoist

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    Commissioned as part of the Destricted Short Film Series, 'Hoist' was shot in Bahia, Salvador. It's described by the director as "a juxtaposition of...

    Hoist
  • 2017
    Union of the North

    Union of the North

    Union of the North

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    Esoteric rituals are enacted within the vicinity of a Dunkin' Donuts—itself housed in a shopping center—located in Reykjavík,...

    Union of the North
  • 1970
    Redoubt

    Redoubt

    Redoubt

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    Redoubt unfolds as a series of hunts in the wilderness of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, led by Diana, a modern-day sharpshooter. The characters...

    Redoubt