Matthew Barney

Installation view of Matthew Barney
SECONDARY
Fondation Cartier, Paris
June 8 – September 8, 2024
Photo: Eva Herzog

Installation view of Matthew Barney - SECONDARY: commencement, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California; June 1 – August 17, 2024

Installation view of Matthew Barney
SECONDARY: commencement
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
June 1 – August 17, 2024
Photo: Joshua White

Installation view of Matthew Barney: REPRESSIA (decline), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California; July 23, 2023 – January 7, 2024

Installation view of Matthew Barney: REPRESSIA (decline)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
July 23, 2023 - January 7, 2024
Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Installation view of Matthew Barney
SECONDARY
Matthew Barney Studio, New York, NY
May 12 – June 25, 2023
Photo: Dario Lasagni

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

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, UK; May 19 – July 25, 2021

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

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
Bildungsroman
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Oslo, Norway
February 26 – May 15, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

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

Photo: Maximilian Geuter

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, 2011. Ink on paper in polyethylene frame

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, Installation view of "Drawing Restraint," Schaulager Museum, Munchestein, Switzerland; June 12 – October 3, 2010

Installation view of Matthew Barney
Drawing Restraint
Schaulager Museum, Munchestein, Switzerland
June 12 - October 3, 2010
Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Installation view of Matthew Barney
Drawing Restraint
Schaulager Museum, Munchestein, Switzerland
June 12 – October 3, 2010
Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Matthew Barney, RIVER ROUGE: Tamarisk Root, 2011. Ink on paper in painted steel frame

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)

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

Photo: Tom Bisig, Basel

Matthew Barney, REN: Nombre Secreto, 2009. C-print

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

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: Self-Portrait Location Scouting, 2008. Graphite on paper in polyethylene frame

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, 2008. Lapis and gold leaf on July 16, 1973 issue of Time Magazine in polyethylene frame

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)

Matthew Barney, Secret Name and Sacrificial Anode, 2008-2011

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)

Performance still from REN
Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2008

Performance still from REN
Los Angeles, CA
May 18, 2008

Matthew Barney, Guardian of the Veil: Ka, 2008. Graphite and ink on paper in polyethylene frame

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

Matthew Barney, Guardian of the Veil: Dung, 2007. Graphite on paper in polyethylene frame

Guardian of the Veil: Dung
2007
Graphite on paper in polyethylene frame
Paper dimensions: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
Framed dimensions: 10 3/4x12 3/4x1inches (27.3 x 32.4 x 2.5cm)

Matthew Barney, Performance still of "Guardian of the Veil," Manchester Opera House, UK; July 24, 2007

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

Matthew Barney - Installation view of CREMASTER 5, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California; March 7 – April 11, 1998

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

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

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

CR 4: FAERIE FIELD
1994
4 C-prints, self-lubricating plastic frames
Small works: 17 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Large works: 27 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches

Matthew Barney, Installation view, Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles; May 22 – June 22, 1991

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

Matthew Barney, Jim Otto Suite, 1991. Prosthetic plastic locker, home jersey, pneumatic jack with petroleum jelly + 2 video monitors, 2 video players, 2 video loops

Installation view of Jim Otto Suite
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
May 21 - June 21, 1991
Prosthetic plastic locker, home jersey, pneumatic jack with petroleum jelly + 2 video monitors, 2 video players, 2 video loops

Matthew Barney, Transexualis, 1991. Walk-in cooler, formed and cast petroleum jelly, decline bench, human chrorionic gonadotropin, speculum. 2 video monitors, 2 video players, 2 video loops

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