Matthew Barney
Overview
Matthew Barney, born in 1967 in San Francisco, is an artist known for sculptural installations, performance art, and video. His work explores the physicality of sports, sexuality, and the limits of the body. In his one of the latest project, Redoubt, he creates a complex portrait of the American landscape by layering classical, cosmological, and American myths about humanity's place in the natural world.
Works
Biography
| Awards & Prizes | |
| 2011 | Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award, 54th San Francisco International Film Festival |
| 2007 | Kaiser Ring Award, Mönchehaus Museum für moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany |
| 2002 | Glen Dimplex Award, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland |
| 1999 | James D. Phelan Art Award in Video, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco Foundation |
| 1996 | Hugo Boss Prize, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
| 1993 | Europa 2000 Prize, Aperto '93, 45th Venice Biennale |
| Performances | |
| 2021 | "Catasterism in Three Movements," September 22-25, Foundation Laurenz Schaulager, Münchenstein, Switzerland |
| 2010 | "KHU," October 2, Detroit, Michigan |
| 2008 | "REN," May 18, Los Angeles |
| 2007 |
"Guardian of the Veil, 'Il Tempo del Postino,'" July 12-14, Manchester International Festival, Manchester, England |
Exhibitions
