Matthew Barney
Biography
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.
Known For
Film
Cremaster 2
Gary Gilmore
1999
Film
River of Fundament
The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2014
Film
Redoubt
Engraver
2019
Film
Drawing Restraint 9
Occidental Guest
2006
Film
Cremaster 3
The Entered Apprentice
2002
Film
Blind Perineum
Himself
1991
Film
Cremaster 4
The Loughton Candidate
1995
Film
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Self
2006
Film
Secondary
Ken Stabler
2023
Film
Cremaster 5
Diva / Giant / Magician
1997
Film
Drawing Restraint 17
2010
Film
Redoubt
Engraver
Film
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
Himself
2004
Film
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
Himself
1995
Film
DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
Douglas MacArthur
2006
Film
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
1991
Film
The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
Himself
2002
Filmography
2023FilmSecondaryas Ken Stabler2019FilmRedoubtas Engraver2014FilmRiver of Fundamentas The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers2010FilmDrawing Restraint 172006FilmMatthew Barney: No Restraintas Self2006FilmDRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrenderas Douglas MacArthur2006FilmDrawing Restraint 9as Occidental Guest2004FilmThe Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barneyas Himself2002FilmCremaster 3as The Entered Apprentice2002FilmThe Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycleas Himself1999FilmCremaster 2as Gary Gilmore1997FilmCremaster 5as Diva / Giant / Magician1995FilmCremaster 4as The Loughton Candidate1995FilmMatthew Barney: Creating Storiesas Himself1991FilmBlind Perineumas Himself1991FilmMile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior—FilmRedoubtas Engraver