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Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle [Paperback]

Nancy Spector (Author), Neville Wakefield (Author)
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Publication Date: Jun 27 2002
Filled with hundreds of Matthew Barney's fantastical images, this comprehensive volume, which accompanies a major exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, surveys the popular artist's CREMASTER cycle—an epic five-part film project that uses the biological model of sexual difference as its conceptual departure point.

Three essays by Barney experts articulate the series' diverse themes and explore the artist's innovative aesthetic vocabulary; interviews with key collaborators— composer, costume designer, make-up artist, technicians, and actors—reveal his working process. In addition to stills from the five films—including the final episode, CREMASTER 3, which will premiere at the exhibition—the book features related sculptures, photographs, drawings, and storyboards. For anyone intrigued by this Wagner of contemporary art, this is an atlas to his enticingly hypnotic worlds.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a question, really Feb 9 2004
By Kenyon
Format:Paperback
Why would anyone pay hundreds for the H/C version, if a shiny, new paperback is only $40? Please enlighten this fool? Thanks!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Important Work Aug 23 2003
By S. Pactor
Format:Hardcover
I travelled from San Diego to New York to see all five of the films in sequence, and picked up this book while there. The Cremaster cycle is pregnant with ambiguous meaning (the point of art, nowadays) so this book is, in my opinion, the only way to gain a comprehensive perspective on the work. Other useful features of this book is an illustrated essay of Barney's work, a "Cremaster Glossary"(less useful) and an essay on the meaning of Cremaster. I won't discuss the substance of that essay, but it is useful, if only to orient yourself to the imagery.
Perhaps because I got to see all five films in sequence and then had an opportunity to review the book afterwards, I don't think Cremaster is all that difficult to understand. Part of the problem is that he is engaged in fomenting ambiguity. I do believe that is possible to extract signifgant meanings from the Cremaster cycle. Might be a good idea to buy this in paperback if you actually want to paw through it with your dirty mitts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful vibrant images Aug 12 2003
By thrashramy
Format:Hardcover
This book is full of beautiful vibrant images that seem to come alive in a hypnotic state with each page you turn. I was simply enthralled while viewing this book. I had purchased it as a gift for my significant other and couldn't believe my eyes. This is a must for any person that is interested in photography that will captivate you and make you think. It is endless pages that will hold your attention and make you pick up the book over and over again. I can not wait to see the films and watch this weirdness come alive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Tome about Artistic Creation
People complain about Matthew Barney - "He is a gratuitous, self indulged artist"...well maybe, but as an individual in the art and design community I can say... Read more
Published on Aug 10 2003 by Nathan Manfred
5.0 out of 5 stars The human tragedy - unity and the endless cycle
I suggest you experience Barney's work and then purchase this book. Barney's universe is no Finnegan's Wake - but the biological subtext of pure potential and secret societies are... Read more
Published on Jun 2 2003 by Tiger Cosmos
5.0 out of 5 stars Cremasterbation
Tapioca, vaseline, muscle bound women, dead horses, giants, serial killers, and Harry Houdini. Welcome to the universe of the Cremaster Cycle. Don't try to decode it all. Read more
Published on Jun 2 2003 by Jason A. Tselentis
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh and Violent Happiness for Your Nerve System
Tatayana can leave me out of being victimized by anything to do with Art in the 21st Century... Matthew Barney is about the violence of creation, change, and (r)evolution. Read more
Published on May 22 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars some like it, some don't - that's art
i read the two negative posts about the entire cremaster cycle book/exhibit. i have to say i do not think is anti-women in any way. some people get it, some people don't. Read more
Published on April 13 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Cremasterful!
The best single source for information [a wonderful "glossary" of influences], explication [Guggenheim curator Nancy Spector's superb essay is adroitly and intelligently done,... Read more
Published on Mar 17 2003 by Tom Dupree
5.0 out of 5 stars who's got big balls?
this book is one of the few art books thatI've ever purchased that i didn't feel ripped offafter i received it. it's a super sized reference book/bible? it's a great value. Read more
Published on Nov 16 2002 by Jason R Rakieski
5.0 out of 5 stars The Key to Exploring & Understanding Barney's work
The challenges of SEEING (much less remembering and understanding) Barney's Cremaster films are not insignificant:
1) They show very rarely (and rarely together or in... Read more
Published on Oct 27 2002 by "greg-dot-org"
5.0 out of 5 stars A new canon is among us
This book is so much more than a catalogue of Cremaster cycle. This is a new beauty that paves the way for revolutionary standards of art. Read more
Published on Sep 7 2002 by Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars Top Notch(s)
A truly wonderful book for anyone minorly interested in mr. barney's work. I could not have asked for a better printed compilation of these films. Read more
Published on Aug 31 2002 by joshua erkman
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