Matthew Barney

Matthew Barney was born in the United States San Francisco, California in 1967. He is an American artist who works in sculpture, films, photography and drawing. He attended college at Yale University  in New Haven, Connecticut thinking to go into plastic surgery, but then after two semesters he change to the art department. Barney had his first studio in Brooklyn, but then he decided to move to another studio in Lorey street. Matthew Barney's style of work is contemporary art. Now there are many artists out there hat influenced Matthew Barney like Richard Serra when it comes to body-based performance art, also Bruce Nauman and Norman Mailer. Matthew Barney's early works are sculptural installations combined with performance and video.  He has gotten many awards like Hugo Boss Prize, Guggenheim Museum, 1996, Kaizer Ring Award, Europa 2000 Prize. etc. Barney stated, "My work is not for everyone". What unites all Barney's work is its preoccupations with the body, life, and death, creativity, belief systems, power, and industry.  

Matthew Barney: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT, September 13, 2015- January 18, 2016

This is Matthew Barney's first major solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles and one of the most challenging and ambitious projects.