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Born 1967 San Francisco, California. Known for: Installation, performance, non objective.
Conceptualist artist, Matthew Barney became quite a sensation among post modernists in the late 20th century by staging fictions through installations, filmed performances and stylized videos. Barney... Read full biography
Conceptualist artist, Matthew Barney became quite a sensation among post modernists in the late 20th century by staging fictions through installations, filmed performances and stylized videos. Barney was born in San Francisco, California in 1967. While attending Yale University, receiving a B.A. in... Read full biography
Conceptualist artist, Matthew Barney became quite a sensation among post modernists in the late 20th century by staging fictions through installations, filmed performances and stylized videos. Barney was born in San Francisco, California in 1967. While attending Yale University, receiving a B.A. in 1989, he modeled for J. Crew and Company for a part-time job. He then settled in New York City. Barney had his first solo show, a fusion of sculpture and psycho-sexual performance art, in New York at... Read full biography
Conceptualist artist, Matthew Barney became quite a sensation among post modernists in the late 20th century by staging fictions through installations, filmed performances and stylized videos. Barney was born in San Francisco, California in 1967. While attending Yale University, receiving a B.A. in 1989, he modeled for J. Crew and Company for a part-time job. He then settled in New York City. Barney had his first solo show, a fusion of sculpture and psycho-sexual performance art, in New York at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in October, 1991. At the Venice Biennale of 1993, he was awarded "the Europe 2000" Prize, and in 1996, the Hugo Boss Award in honor of Hugo Boss, men's clothing designer. Best known for his "Cremaster" series that combines... Read full biography
Conceptualist artist, Matthew Barney became quite a sensation among post modernists in the late 20th century by staging fictions through installations, filmed performances and stylized videos. Barney was born in San Francisco, California in 1967. While attending Yale University, receiving a B.A. in 1989, he modeled for J. Crew and Company for a part-time job. He then settled in New York City. Barney had his first solo show, a fusion of sculpture and psycho-sexual performance art, in New York at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in October, 1991. At the Venice Biennale of 1993, he was awarded "the Europe 2000" Prize, and in 1996, the Hugo Boss Award in honor of Hugo Boss, men's clothing designer. Best known for his "Cremaster" series that combines iconography with ornate costumes and settings to create performances. In the "Cremaster" film, which he directed, Norman Mailer played H... Read full biography
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Keywords (14)
Art Method
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Resin
- •Steel, Stainless Steel
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Performance Art, Happenings
Art Subject
Art School
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Hugo Boss Art Prize
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale