- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; illustrated edition edition (1 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0810969351
- ISBN-13: 978-0810969353
- Product Dimensions: 32.4 x 23.6 x 6.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #28 in Books > Reference > Directories > Museums
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This is a large, stunning, comprehensive book on Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle, an epic five-part film project accompanied by related sculpture, photographs, and drawings. In May, 2002, Barney will premiere the final installment of the cycle, Cremaster 3. There will also be a related exhibition that will travel to several European cities (and possibly to the United States, in 2003). This book will function as an atlas to the entire Cremaster cycle, revealing Barney's working process and tracing the interconnected narrative threads of the project as a whole. The book will feature all of the sculptures and installations related to the Cremaster cycle in addition to the artist's storyboards, concept drawings, and research material. Four major essays will articulate the cycle's various themes and explore Barney's innovative and unprecedented aesthetic vocabulary. Authors include Barney specialists Thyrza Nichols Goodeve and Neville Wakefield and Guggenheim Museum curator Nancy Spector. The book will also include interviews with the key collaborators in the Cremaster project: actors in the films, choreographers, costume designers, and technicians.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Matthew Barney is perhaps the most brilliant artist of our time and yet also the most elusive. This comprehensive catalogue of the Cremaster Cycle, his stunningly ambitious and multi-faceted narrative based on the descent of the gonad cells, tries to explain clearly both the narrative itself (Nancy Spector) and provide a glossary (Nevill Wakefield) on the diverse symbolism in the works from TT bike racing and tap dancing to Freemasonry and hard-edge punk rock. A treat is to see Barney's working sketches, story cards and polaroids which belie the obscurism he is often accused of. This is a wonderful, rich and accessibile catalogue for admirers of Barney and anyone interested in real contemporary art.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Althought this stunning record of Matthew Barney's astonishing Cremaster Cycle is probably best appreciated as a memento of the films themselves, it's also possible to appreciate his incredible verve and imagination just from looking through these pages. A great document of a fascinating work of art.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you have never seen the Cremaster films or any of Barney's other works, this luxurious book may leave you a little bewildered. Even if you have seen the films, you may still be a little bewildered, or, at least, dazzled.
This is quite the most voluptuous book I have in my collection, from the translucent plastic overlay to the cut-away pages, the whole thing just adds up to an art object, even more than the comprehensive catalogue of the Cremaster Cycle that it is.
The photography is perfect, the colours and reproductions superb and the layout invites you to spend hours looking. The texts at the back and front are very short but informative. I also have several of the individual books which went with the films and exhibitions, but none of them approach this book in oppulence.
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