"From early on, very early on, I understood that art is not about what you say. It’s about these other things that you don’t say."
"CREMASTER 2" (1999)
"CREMASTER 2," 1999
Production still
Photo by Michael James O’Brien, © 1999 Matthew Barney
Courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Production still
Photo by Michael James O’Brien, © 1999 Matthew Barney
Courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
"The stories themselves are somewhat interchangeable. In a sense they're kind of carriers. In other words, "CREMASTER 2" could have had a couple of other stories other than Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song" to carry it. "The Executioner's Song" was its carrier, in that the Rocky Mountains were the real story."
- Matthew Barney
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