Artist field note

Matthew Barney

The artwork as private mythology.

Drawing Restraint 9 by Matthew Barney
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Drawing Restraint 9

2005

A whaling vessel hosts a ritual of sculpture, performance and transformation.

The five in one idea

Barney treats film, sculpture and performance as parts of one invented cosmology.