23/6/2006
Matthew Barney
SFMoMA, San Francisco
A site-specific installation designed by the artist. The exhibition occupies the Museum’s entire fourth floor, which has been reconfigured to eliminate the gallery walls and so encourage a nonlinear experience of the art. The presentation includes Drawing Restraint 9, a recent project comprising a feature-length film and related photography, drawing, video...
Drawing Restraint
SFMOMA is the only U.S. venue for this full-scale survey, the first to
gather together Matthew Barney’s entire Drawing Restraint series. Spanning
almost 20 years, Drawing Restraint is an ongoing, performance-based
project exploring the notion that form emerges through struggle against
resistance.
A site-specific installation designed by the artist, the
exhibition occupies the Museum’s entire fourth floor, which has been
reconfigured to eliminate the gallery walls and so encourage a nonlinear
experience of the art. The presentation includes DRAWING RESTRAINT 9, a
recent project comprising a feature-length film and related photography,
drawing, video, and sculpture. DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 is shown daily in the
Phyllis Wattis Theater; see below for a screening schedule.
http://www.whatsyours.org
Everyone has an opinion .What's yours?
www.whatsyours.org is an unrestricted forum to share opinions, theories,
and questions about Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint. Visit the site and
see what people are saying. Visit the site after you've experienced the
exhibition and join the discussion.
Learning Lounge
Learn more about Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraintin this special
resource room in the fourth-floor galleries. The casual Learning Lounge
presents a variety of informational tools to enrich your Museum
experience. Visitors are invited to watch a short video featuring
interviews with the artist, relax while browsing through books on Barney,
or explore interactive features on computer kiosks.
Catalogue
Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint Vol. 1 is the first volume in a trio of
books addressed to Drawing Restraint 1 through 8, Barney’s earliest
projects in the series. Softcover available for $75 in the MuseumStore.
Public Tours
Daily Tours
Ongoing
Daily (except Wednesdays): 11:30 a.m.; 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.
Thursdays: 6:15 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.
Meet in the Haas Atrium
Topics change daily for these free tours led by SFMOMA docents. The 1:30
p.m. tour focuses on Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint beginning June 23,
2006.
Free with Museum admission
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Art and Conversation
The Art of Exhibitions: A Look Behind the Scenes
Kent Roberts, exhibition design manager and chief preparator, SFMOMA
June 30, 2006
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Koret Visitor Education Center
Contemporary art often defies traditional categorization, extending beyond conventional notions of painting and sculpture. As a result, many artworks pose unique challenges during installation in the galleries. Roberts discusses some of the creative behind-the-scenes solutions developed by the crew at SFMOMA, highlighting recent installations of large-scale works by Matthew Barney, Olafur Eliasson, and others.
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Film Screening
Matthew Barney: No Restraint
By Alison Chernick, 2005, 72 min.
July 13, 2006
6:30 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Filmmaker Alison Chernick follows Matthew Barney to Japan to document the making of his latest film, Drawing Restraint 9. Known for ambitious and elaborate works of art, Barney stages his new film on a whaling ship in Nagasaki Bay, where much of the activity centers around a 45,000-pound petroleum jelly sculpture being constructed on the ship's deck. Chernick chronicles the action behind the scenes as the artist navigates cultural divides and challenging logistics to realize his creative vision. She also highlights how the soundtrack composed by Barney's costar and collaborator Bjork influenced his process.
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Ongoing Film and Video Screenings
Drawing Restraint 9
By Matthew Barney, 2005, 145 min.
June 23 - September 17, 2006
Daily (except Wednesdays): 2:00 p.m.
Beginning July 20, 2006: also on Thursdays at 6:15 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater
Barney's latest feature-length film is a central component of his DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 project on view in the galleries. Set on a whaling ship in Nagasaki Bay, Japan, the multilayered narrative follows the dramatic transformations of both a couple brought on board and an enormous petroleum jelly sculpture created on the ship's deck. Visually rich and steeped in complexity, DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 explores metaphoric cycles of creation and destruction, restraint and release. The film stars Barney and the singer Bjork, who also composed the soundtrack.
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