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Contemporary Video Art. Matthew Barney (1967- ). His work encompasses sculpture, photography, drawing and film. Mostly known for his “ Cremaster ” series. In the 90s, moved to New York and worked as a male model for J.Crew catalogues – a career that helped him finance his early - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Contemporary Video Art
His work encompasses sculpture,photography, drawing and film.
Mostly known for his “Cremaster” series.
In the 90s, moved to New York and worked as a male model for J.Crew catalogues –a career that helped him finance his earlywork as an artist.
Barney is married to Bjork, a very famous singer from Iceland.
Matthew Barney (1967- )
Barney’s epic Cremaster Cycle (1994–2002)consists of five feature-length films that exploreprocesses of creation.
Its conceptual departure point is the cremastermuscle, which is part of the male reproductionsystem.
As the cycle evolved over eight years, Barneylooked beyond biology as a way to explorethe creation of form, employing narrativemodels from other realms, such as biography,mythology, and geology.
Matthew Barney
Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) consisting of:• a feature length 35mm film• large-scale sculptures• photographs, drawings, and books
Drawing Restraint 9 is an unconventional love story set in Japan. The narrative structure is built upon themes suchas the Shinto religion, the tea ceremony, the history of whaling, etc.
Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney
Drawing Restraint 9, 2005 – Movie TrailerThe film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew
Barney’s interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
Is one of today’s leading video artists
Designs environments that envelopthe viewer in image and sound
Employs state-of the-art technologies
Main focus - universal human experiences:• birth, death, rebirth• the unfolding of consciousness
His art has roots in both Eastern and Western art and philosophy
Bill Viola
Got his first camera in the 60s and made his first art video in 1970.
In this interview Viola talks about one of his latest projects OceanWithout a Shore, installed in a San Gallo church in Venice.
Bill Viola
“I am interested in what the old masters didn’t paint, those steps in between.” - Bill Viola
Referencing Old Masters
Christ Carrying the Cross,Hieronymus Bosch, 1515-16
The Quintet of the Astonished, Bill Viola, 2000(video rear projection on wall-mounted screen)
The Visitation, Jacopo da Pontormo, 16th Cent. (left) The Greeting, Bill Viola, 1995 (right)
Referencing Old Masters
The Making of Emergence - Interview
Bill Viola