Matthew Barney | artnet
Biography Matthew Barney is an influential and popular contemporary American artist. Best known for his elaborate sculptural installations combining performance and video, his most famous and ambitious project remains The Cremaster Cycle (1994–2002), a series of five feature-length films that explore creation, sexual differentiation, psychological identity, and mythology. Created in conjunction with Barney’s long-time collaborator, the composer Jonathan Bepler, Cremaster is characterized by its high production values and bizarre, Surrealist-inspired imagery. Born on March 25, 1967 in Sa...