Description: (Contemporary Artist Best Known for His Avant-Garde Film Series)
Matthew Barney is an American contemporary artist and film director known for his multidisciplinary works in sculpture, film, photography, and drawing. His art delves into themes of geography, biology, geology, and mythology, with a focus on sex, intercourse, and conflict. Barney's early works combined sculpture with performance and video. Notably, he created The Cremaster Cycle between 1994 and 2002, a renowned series of avant-garde films. His other projects include Drawing Restraint 9 (2005), River of Fundament (2014), and Redoubt (2018).