Gallery talk

This visit is dedicated to Matthew Barney's The Cremaster Cycle, a series of five films blending cinema, sculpture, and performance. It offers an exploration of the themes of the body, myth, and metamorphosis at the heart of a major work of contemporary art.

Produced and co-produced by Matthew Barney over eight years, the epic Cremaster Cycle (1994-2002) is an autonomous aesthetic system composed of five feature films that explore creative processes. A total work of art, the cycle unfolds not only on a cinematic level, but also through the photographs, drawings, sculptures, and installations that the artist produces in conjunction with each episode. 

Through surreal and delirious images, this work projects us into a fantastic, unprecedented universe, both inaccessible and seductive. The Cremaster Cycle remains a unique work, unforgettable for its aesthetics and strangeness, for cinephiles as well as for contemporary art enthusiasts.