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Matthew Barney

Biography

Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967; at age six, he moved to Idaho with his family. After his parents divorced, Barney continued to live with his father in Idaho, playing football on his high school team, and visiting his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art informs his work as a sculptor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale in 1991, Barney entered the art world to almost instant controversy and success.

Known For

Cremaster 4
Cremaster 4
Drawing Restraint 9
Drawing Restraint 9
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Secondary
Secondary
Cremaster 5
Cremaster 5
DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender

Filmography

2023 Secondary
as Ken Stabler
2019 Redoubt
as Engraver
2014 River of Fundament
as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2010 Drawing Restraint 17
as
2006 Matthew Barney: No Restraint
as Self
2006 DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
as Douglas MacArthur
2006 Drawing Restraint 9
as Occidental Guest
2004 The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
as Himself
2002 Cremaster 3
as The Entered Apprentice
2002 The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
as Himself
1999 Cremaster 2
as Gary Gilmore
1997 Cremaster 5
as Diva / Giant / Magician
1995 Cremaster 4
as The Loughton Candidate
1995 Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
as Himself
1991 Blind Perineum
as Himself
1991 Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
as
---- Redoubt
as Engraver