I find his entire work utterly fascinating. Every single time I get back to it I find it more stimulating, it is a very complex universe layered and dense with a variety of meanings not immediately accessible. It grows on you. Pure art that requires you to be open from preconceptions because you are entering his own universe. Listening to him explaining his work is incredibly stimulating too and it is part of the process towards appreciating it.

"hey dude...my cycle's this weekend. will you come and you know...give me notes?"

I heard about Barney on tv, and today I seen his work for the first time. I'm totally shocked! That was absolutelly fascinating! Thanks, Hardoss! Thanks, Mr. Barney!

Please post more clips from Cremaster 5 - it's the only film in the series I haven't seen.

thanks for mentioning that, now I get what the square & compass in Cremaster 3 was about

I haven't seen any other Greenaway stuff, but I've viewed The Baby of Macon, and what i've seen of the Cremaster films gives me a similar feeling. It's like the massive, stately unfurling of the most gorgeous trailer ever. I know this is reductive, but i can't help but appreciate Cremaster on this level having not experienced the work in its entirety. I frequently find that I just like to appreciate the cinematic piquedness of a strange turn on its own and "get" it that way.

beautiful

Bepler WELL DONE.

It's obviously not for everybody to understand and therefore to appreciate. Thanks God!

@xpez the part "That's what FILMS DO!" i completely agree with you. Good films not only use these elements of symbolism, they ensure that these aspects are COMMUNICATED to their audiences. That's what art is about - communication. Even if the concepts are abstract, some form of digestion should take place for thinking to happen on the part of the audience. Of course everybody's level of accessibility is different, but i can't stand ppl just praising this w/o any understanding of it.

Cremaster: A muscle with origin from the internal oblique and inguinal ligament, with insertion into the cremasteric fascia and pubic tubercle, with nerve supply from the genitofemoral nerve, and whose action raises the testicle. In the male, the muscle envelops the spermatic cord and the testis; in the female, it envelops the round ligament of the uterus.

if anyone has this in dvd format, let me know, please.

all films are downloadable with eMule!

Barney is decorative

Trippy...

Anglo Saxon Art for the bourgeoise promulgate the values of the upper class with your "ART" and you will have the same elite appreciating themselves as an audience while congratulating you with your brilliance.

I'm searching for the other cremaster movies on KZread and I can't find them!They WERE HERE,why I can't find them now?Does anyone knows?

Please people, are any of you working artists? Are any of you knowledgeable in art history? His films arnt accessible to the random pedestrian. They are for the art community. The man makes high art. He knows what he is doing. Dont shoot him down because you cant understand what message he is conveying.

@martamassaioli Art can be for everyone, if it's the artist's intention. It's the artist's prerogative. Artists may only be discredited if their art is not received by anyone but the artist.

man don't you have the part of the bees from the 2nd one? that was bizarre

nah you also need to make it exclusive

@martamassaioli I suggest that you watch The Art Of The Steal for a different perspective.

Matthew Barney is a solipsist? I didn't know that (im not being sarcastic either, I didn't know that). I am merely trying to say that just because his work isn't as accessible as a Velasquez, doesn't mean that it is not "art" or "good art". Whether in one or anothers opinion that his work is "good or bad at" is debatable. But because people out there value his work, it is art.

just start reading about art and you'll understand.

I didn't get it too.

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Yes, everything I actually like. All of those statements are elitist judgements. LIke kitsch; what right have you to declare kitsch? Humor and taste are a matter of the individual, not of a pompous elitist society. I love Matthew Barney because he uses all of these within the high art community, without most of them passing judgement!

the overall complexity is soo confusing. there is never one fourm

Research the creamaster muscle, research androgeny, sexuality and the choice of sexuality, research formalism, research human anatomy, research his theory behind the field and restraint symbol, symbolism, research color association and its culturl impact.

@loiraso

:45 crappy lens distortion...

one can't say much for the cinematography.

@MrSwinefuzz

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what cinematography?

@aptpupil77 - no - I blame the str8 boyz who use gay men.

I really cant get into what ive seen from the cremaster cycle it just seems like a bunch of random images the dude came up with on mushrooms and used good cameras and massive locations. He does have good directing skills but contentwise i cant get into. And this is coming from a David Lynch fan.

she sings hungarian!!!or???funny

Yet, as a working artist, I think it is absurd to argue that we must swallow whole the solipsism of the man because his films are "high art."It has, art historically, been a long time since such distinctions were of any value.

If you decide to ignore the craft of an established art form (filmmaking) and expect the audience to forgive, what real filmmakers understand as second nature to the medium, it comes as know surprise when people complain that you must hang your hat of excuses on some kind of ambiguous notion that the meaning is all wrapped up in a mysterious mystical art experience. Good filmmakers are highly expressive visually & manage to unlock profound emotional experiences. he should stick with photography

so this means any idiot with a budget can create anything randomly add some mind-blowing-sounding shit and become an artist?

You respond to my comment because you cant ignore it completely. This is filmmaking simply because it is a film. And especially if you are lending a hand to defend its merit by claiming the use of myth and symbolism from all cultures. That's what FILMS DO!!! Although good films utilize other aspects of film making that are missing in this film - like a strong narrative, appropriate pacing, impactful editing, professional cinematography. Those elements in this work are horribly executed.

Arguing about art is suhcha waste of time.

If this was GOOD ART..then why does the production feel like a lame british TV show that plays on sunday afternoon... The sound and score is underwhelming, the camera work is amateur, and the editing is flat. The acting is on par with mannequins. Oh well the baroque decorations look splendid... thats about it....WOW MB is great!!!