Matthew Barney
Known for DirectingBorn 1967-03-25San Francisco
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
River of Fundament
2014 · as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
Cremaster 2
1999 · as Gary Gilmore
Redoubt
2019 · as Engraver
Cremaster 3
2002 · as The Entered Apprentice
Drawing Restraint 9
2006 · as Occidental Guest
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
2006 · as Self
Cremaster 4
1995 · as The Loughton Candidate
Cremaster 5
1997 · as Diva / Giant / Magician
Blind Perineum
1991 · as Himself
The Cremaster Cycle
2003
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
2004 · as Himself
Secondary
2023 · as Ken Stabler
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
1995 · as Himself
DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
2006 · as Douglas MacArthur
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
1991
Drawing Restraint 17
2010
Redoubt
as Engraver
The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
2002 · as Himself