Matthew Barney Cremaster Cycles Author:Matthew Barney, Nancy Spector, Nancy Spector, Neville Wakefield, Guggenheim Museum The definitive users guide and then some to Matthew Barney's epic five-part epic film series, The Cremaster Cycle is filled with hundreds of Barneys fantastical images and surveys the project, which uses the biological model of sexual difference as its conceptual departure point. Three essays by Barney experts articulate the s... more »eries diverse themes and explore the artists innovative aesthetic vocabulary; interviews with key collaborators, a composer, costume designer, make-up artist, technicians and actors reveal his working process. In addition to stills from the five films--including the final episode, Cremaster 3--the book features related sculptures, photographs, drawings and storyboards. For anyone intrigued by the Wagner of contemporary art, this is an atlas to his enticingly hypnotic worlds. Text by Nancy Spector and Neville Wakefield. Paperback, 9 X 12.5 in. / 528 pages / 725 color« less