The film still from the Cremaster series shows a blonde, pale made-up woman sitting under a table with a white tablecloth. She is wearing a white negligee with light-coloured suspenders, has her legs spread out in front of her and covers her crotch, but looks defiantly towards the camera. Dark grapes are arranged in front of her as a symbol.

Filmmuseum Munich

Matthew Barney: CREMASTER 4 and 1

November 10 – November 11, 2000

Matthew Barney's opulent five-part CREMASTER cycle handles the subject of biological and psychological processes of creation.

The American artist has worked on the production of this monumental film series since 1994. It depicts highly complex levels of action that connect historical and mythical events with architectural concepts and biological models. The cycle does not begin in chronological order, but with CREMASTER 4 (1994), followed by CREMASTER 1 (1995). Not only did Barney write the script and direct the CREMASTER cycle, he always took on one of the leading roles.
The title refers to the Latin term for the cremaster muscle, which raises and lowers the testes. In response to external stimuli, this muscle causes a contraction that cannot be deliberately influenced.

Although every film can be viewed as an independent artwork, each is simultaneously part of a closed cycle consisting of the remaining films. In cooperation with Sammlung Goetz, the Filmmuseum is showing the first two parts from the CREMASTER cycle.

Cindy Sherman

March 17 – June 27, 2026 | Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster

The staging of female role models in photographic self-portraits is the central theme in the work of the American artist Cindy Sherman. In doing so, she draws on stereotypes from the collective visual memory within a media-shaped world. The exhibition at the Sammlung Goetz / Schaufenster focuses on works from her Fashion series, created between 1983 and 1984. Through Sherman’s passion for costume and masquerade, the world of fashion offers a broad field for her artistic exploration.