"At this time in my life, I’m ready to accept or own a kind of romance and melancholy or melodrama that I wasn’t ready to reveal before. It was always there in my inner life as an artist, but I was too afraid to share it."
"CREMASTER 4" (1994)
"CREMASTER 4," 1994
Production still
Photo by Peter Strietmann, © 1994 Matthew Barney
Courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Production still
Photo by Peter Strietmann, © 1994 Matthew Barney
Courtesy Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
"I think a lot of the references I make to American traditions- whether it's athletics or a kind of car culture- I think those are things that I've certainly grown up with and understand. It makes those things very available to me to use, and I consider them as kinds of vessels...they're used as carriers...the concept of a vehicle draws a line between locations...
- Matthew Barney
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