Installation view of Matthew Barney
Special Exhibition: Matthew Barney
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
May 21 – September 11, 2022
Photo: Keizo Kioku

Installation view of Matthew Barney
Redoubt
Hayward Gallery, London, England
May 19 – July 25, 2021
Photo: Mark Blower

Installation view of Matthew Barney
Redoubt
Hayward Gallery, London, England
May 19 – July 25, 2021
Photo: Mark Blower

Installation view of Matthew Barney
Redoubt
Hayward Gallery, London, England
May 19 – July 25, 2021
Photo: Mark Blower

Matthew Barney

Installation view of Matthew Barney: Redoubt
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT,
March 1 – June 16, 2019
Photo: Jessica Smolinski/Yale University Art Gallery

Installation view of Matthew Barney: Redoubt
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT,
March 1 – June 16, 2019
Photo: Jessica Smolinski/Yale University Art Gallery

Installation view of Matthew Barney: Redoubt
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT,
March 1 – June 16, 2019
Photo: Jessica Smolinski/Yale University Art Gallery

Matthew Barney

Installation view of 
Matthew Barney – Bildungsroman
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Oslo, Norway
February 26 – May 15, 2016

Matthew Barney

Installation view of
Matthew Barney – Bildungsroman
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Oslo, Norway
February 26 – May 15, 2016

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016

Matthew Barney

Installation view of
WATER CASTINGS: Fourteen Pieces
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
September 10 – October 24, 2015

Matthew Barney

Installation view of
WATER CASTINGS: Fourteen Pieces
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
September 10 – October 24, 2015

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
September 13, 2015 – January 18, 2016

 

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Haus der Kunst, Munich
March 17 - August 17, 2014

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Haus der Kunst, Munich
March 17 - August 17, 2014

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Haus der Kunst, Munich
March 17 - August 17, 2014

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

Matthew Barney - River of Fundament

Installation view of Matthew Barney: River of Fundament
Haus der Kunst, Munich
March 17 - August 17, 2014

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

Matthew Barney, KHU: Birth of Anubis

KHU: Birth of Anubis
2011
Ink on paper in polyethylene frame
14 1/4 x 11 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches (36.2 x 29.8 x 3.2 cm)

Mathew Barney - Schaulager

Installation view of Drawing Restraint
Schaulager, Munchestein
June 12 - October 3, 2010

Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Matthew Barney - Drawing Restraint

Installation view of Drawing Restraint
Schaulager, Munchestein
June 12 - October 3, 2010

Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Mathew Barney - Schaulager

Installation view of Drawing Restraint
Schaulager, Munchestein
June 12 - October 3, 2010

Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Matthew Barney

RIVER ROUGE: Tamarisk Root
2011
Ink on paper in painted steel frame
14 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches (36.5 x 28.6 x 2.9 cm)

Mathew Barney - Drawing Restriaint

Installation view of Drawing Restraint
Schaulager, Munchestein
June 12 - October 3, 2010

Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Matthew Barney

REN: Nombre Secreto
2009
C-print in nylon frame
32 1/2 x 25 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches (82.6 x 63.8 x 3.2 cm)
Edition of 6

Matthew Barney

REN: Junta de Culata
2009
C-print in nylon frame
32 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (82.6 x 62.2 x 3.2 cm)
Edition of 6

Matthew Barney - Sekhem

Sekhem: Self-Portrait Location Scouting
2008
Graphite on paper in polyethylene frame
13 x 16 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (33 x 41.9 x 3.2 cm)

Matthew BArney - Isis and Osiris

Isis and Osiris,
2008
Lapis and gold leaf on July 16, 1973 issue of Time Magazine in polyethylene frame
14 x 10 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches (35.6 x 27.3 x 3.2 cm)
Edition of 6

Matthew Barney

Secret Name and Sacrificial Anode
2008-2011
Secret Name: Cast lead, polycaprolactone, copper and zinc
Sacrificial Anode: Cast zinc and high density polyethylene
Secret Name: 21 3/4 x 179 x 128 1/2 inches (55.2 x 454.7 x 326.4 cm)
Sacrificial Anode: 7 1/2 x 98 1/2 x 61 3/4 inches (19.1 x 250.2 x 156.8 cm)

Matthew Barney

REN
Performance still
Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2008

Matthew Barney

REN
Performance still
Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2008

Matthew Barney

REN
Performance still
Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2008

REN
Performance still
Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2008

Matthew Barney

Guardian of the Veil: Ka
2008
Graphite and ink on paper in polyethylene frame
image: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
framed: 10 3/4x12 3/4inches (27.3x32.4cm)

Matthew Barney

Guardian of the Veil: Dung
2007
Graphite on paper in polyethylene frame
image: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
framed: 10 3/4x12 3/4x1inches (27.3x 32.4x2.5cm)

Matthew Barney

Guardian of the Veil
Performance still
Manchester Opera House
Manchester, UK
July 24, 2007

Matthew Barney

Installation view of CREMASTER 5 
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
March 7 - April 11, 1998

Matthew Barney

Cremaster 4: The Isle of Man
1994
5 C-prints, self-lubricating and prosthetic plastic frames, Manx tartan
Edition of 3
small images: 16-1/2 x 15 x 1-1/2
large images: 27-1/2 x 33-1/4 x 1-1/2 inches

Matthew Barney

Installation view of Photographs from CREMASTER 4
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
November 3 - December 3, 1994

Matthew Barney

CR 4: FAERIE FIELD
1994
4 C-prints, self-lubricating plastic frames ed.
Edition of 3
smaill images: 17-1/2 x 12-3/4 x 1-1/2
large images: 27-1/2 x 33-1/4 x 1-1/2 inches 

Matthew Barney

Installation view of Matthew Barney 
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
May 22 - June 22, 1991

Matthew Barney

Jim Otto Suite
Installation view: Stuart Regen Gallery, 1991
1991
Prosthetic plastic locker, home jersey, pneumatic jack with petroleum jelly + 2 video monitors, 2 video players, 2 video loops

Matthew Barney

Transexualis (Detail)
Installation view: Stuart Regen Gallery, 1991
1991
Walk-in cooler, formed and cast petroleum jelly, decline bench, human chrorionic gonadotropin, speculum.
2 video monitors, 2 video players, 2 video loops
Dimensions variable

Matthew Barney

Transexualis (Detail)
Installation view: Stuart Regen Gallery, 1991
1991
Walk-in cooler, formed and cast petroleum jelly, decline bench, human chrorionic gonadotropin, speculum.
2 video monitors, 2 video players, 2 video loops
Dimensions variable