Matthew Barney

Matthew Barney

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.

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CREDITS
PHOTOS

TV Series

Movies

Cremaster 4

Cremaster 4

6
Drawing Restraint 9

Drawing Restraint 9

6.409
Drawing Restraint 17

Drawing Restraint 17

0
Matthew Barney: No Restraint

Matthew Barney: No Restraint

4.6
Secondary

Secondary

0
Redoubt

Redoubt

0
River of Fundament

River of Fundament

6.2
Cremaster 5

Cremaster 5

6.1
DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender

DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender

0
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

0
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories

Matthew Barney: Creating Stories

0
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior

Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior

0
The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle

The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle

6.5
Redoubt

Redoubt

1
Blind Perineum

Blind Perineum

0
Cremaster 3

Cremaster 3

6.6
Cremaster 2

Cremaster 2

6.3