The fourth installment of Matthew Barney's ongoing series of Cremaster "operas, " Cremaster 2 is loosely based on the life of serial killer Gary Gilmore. This time out, Barney filmed in the Salt Flats of Utah, the Columbia Icefield in Canada, and New York City. The scenario revolves around Gilmore's fascination with his alleged maternal grandfather, Harry Houdini, and his desire to join Houdini in the afterlife. Cremaster 4, the first in the series, was commissioned in 1995 and shot on the Isle of Man. The second, Cremaster 1, was shot in Boise, Idaho and appeared later that same year as part of a larger exhibition of the artist's work at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. Cremaster 5, released in 1997, was filmed in Budapest and shown commercially at the Film Forum in New York City. With this latest installment in the Cremaster series, Barney is sure to challenge and perplex, delight and intrigue his growing audience.

Cremaster 2

Arts & Photography

Richard Flood

Matthew Barney

History & Criticism

Walker Art Center

Drawing Restraint Volume IV includes drawings related to Drawing Restraint 9, a film set on a whaling vessel in the Sea of Japan that features Matthew Barney and his partner, the musician Bjork (who also scored the film). Barney s exquisite drawings are surrealistic evocations of the film s nautical settings, Japanese ceremonies, and aquatic transformations. The book also contains the first published images from Barney s latest project, Drawing Restraint 13, which he filmed at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in the spring of 2006 and publicly screened for the first time at his SF MoMA retrospective last fall. The film shows Barney s continuing interest in dramatic encounters of Westerners coming into contact with Japan. He plays General MacArthur in a performance that draws upon two historically significant moments from the late stages of WWII. The first is MacArthur s legendary landing on the beaches in the Philippines, a symbolic reclamation of territory that had earlier been conquered by Japan. The second is MacArthur s acceptance of the articles of surrender from Japanese officials on board the USS Missouri, the ceremony that ended the war. Drawing Restraint Volume IV incorporates the best traditions of fine press printing. Facsimiles of drawings and letters are printed in letterpress on Japanese paper and accompanied by lush duotone plates. The volume is case bound and issued in an edition of 1000 copies.

Drawing Restraint Volume IV

JMc & GHB

“Edmier’s work celebrates popular culture’s intrusion into our dreams, the way media images insinuate themselves into our unconscious, like uninvited guests.”―Contemporary Magazine This unique publication showcases the work of one of America’s foremost young sculptors. Each comes with a specially created plastic rose in honor of his work capturing the cultural and emotional significance of flowers. Also included is a loose leaflet showing the installation “Bremen Town,” which was part of the comprehensive exhibition “Keith Edmier 1991–2007” at Bard college in New York from October 2007 through February 2008. The installation featured a full-scale reproduction of the interior spaces from the home in which Edmier grew up in Tinley Park, a suburb of Chicago.

Keith Edmier

Douglas Fogle

Jade Dellinger

Booth-Clibborn Editions

The Leeum Samsung Museum of Art created this catalog to correspond to the exhibit that toured to Seoul, S. Korea, in 2005.  The book contains many images and the text is in Korean.

Matthew Barney Drawing Restraint Volume III 1987-2005 (Korean Version) Leeum Samsung Museum of Art

Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, S. Korea

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