Matthew Barney: Cremaster 5
Tag: fantasy
Matthew Barney, Cremaster 4: Loughton Manual, 1994, c print, self-lubricating plastic frame, 25 inches x 21 inches
Matthew Barney: Cremaster 5
Matthew Barney
Field of the Ascending Faerie from Cremaster 4, detail 2002
Production photo © Matthew Barney; courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery
“Created by the American artist Matthew Barney, Cremaster 5 1997 is a colour film with sound and accompanying sculptural elements. The film, based around a five-act lyric opera, is a tragic love story featuring elaborate costumes, ornate set design and frequent imagery of biological reproduction. Its main characters include a queen played by the actress Ursula Andress and three roles – a diva, a giant and a magician – performed by Barney. The work was originally shot on digital betacam and subsequently transferred to 35mm film (the format on which it can be shown in a seated theatre) and high definition video (for viewing within a gallery). In its gallery installation, the work is shown as a video on a loop on two fifty-inch screens tilted slightly downwards and mounted back-to-back on a bracket suspended from the ceiling in the centre of the exhibition space.”
–Tate
Révélation ou la fin du mois (Revelation or The End of the Month) from Hôtel du Pavot, Chambre 202, Dorothea Tanning, Upholstered chair, tweed, and wool, 31 ½ x 47 ¼ x 33 ½ in, 1970-73
A scene from the solo exhibition “Yayoi Kusama Now” held at the Robert Miller Gallery.
Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Sea, installation at the Yokohama Triennale, 2001, approximately 2,000 stainless mirror balls floating in the sea alongside the Kisha-Michi Promenade.
Rebecca Horn, Cockfeathermask, 1973
1, 2, and 5) Francesca Woodman, Untitled, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1980
3) Woodman, Boulder, Colorado, 1974
4) Woodman, RI, 1976
The Face, September 1998
Photo – Mario Sorrenti
Contributor – Superimpose Studio
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