This photograph shows a half-lying leopard human lady, who has the legs, face and tail of a leopard and who otherwise has human attributes. Blood can be seen on her mouth and her false, claw-like fingernails. She is in a brightly lit white room on a pedestal.
Filmmuseum München

Matthew Barney: CREMASTER Cycle

"An athlete and an intellectual, a storyteller and simultaneously a sculptor and costume designer with a love of detail – many completely contrasting qualities converge in Matthew Barney." (Ingvild Goetz)

Matthew Barney began working on his monumental CREMASTER cycle, a five-part film project, in 1994. The work is accompanied by sculptures, photographs and drawings. The CREMASTER cycle depicts highly complex levels of action that connect historical and mythical events with architectural concepts and biological models. Not only did Barney write the script and direct the CREMASTER cycle, he always took on one of the leading roles.

Although each film can be viewed as an independent artwork, it simultaneously forms a closed system together with the other parts. 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.

Because the cycle was not produced in chronological order, but is based on a biological model, it can be approached in various manners. By presenting the individual films of the CREMASTER cycle both chronologically as well as numerically, the Filmmuseum allowes viewers to select their desired approach to this work from the Sammlung Goetz holdings.
 

Chronological presentation:
CREMASTER 4, 1994, und CREMASTER 1, 1995
July 9, 2004, 21.00
CREMASTER 5, 1997, und CREMASTER 2, 1999
July 10, 2004, 21.00
CREMASTER 3, 2002
July 11, 2004, 21.00

Numerical presentation:
CREMASTER 1, 1995 und CREMASTER 2, 1999
July 23, 2004, 21.00
CREMASTER 3, 2002
July 24, 2004, 21.00
CREMASTER 4, 1994 und CREMASTER 5, 1997
July 25, 2004, 21.00

 

Upcoming

Gutai. Collection + Goetz

| Pinakothek der Moderne | Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection)

Works from the Sammlung Goetz place the phenomenon of gestural art within an international context. After the end of World War II and in an auspicious political climate, one of the most innovative artist groups of the 20th century, Gutai (concrete, spontaneous, direct), evolved in Japan. The Gutai group was founded in 1954 with the aim of moving beyond the realm of abstraction and exploring the possibilities of pure creativity. Works by Toshio Yoshida and Chiyu Uemae, among others, will be presented. This project is a continuation of the joint cooperation between the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen and the Sammlung Goetz under the title Sammlung+Goetz.

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