Saturday, June 8, 2013

Matthew Barney: No Restraint

documentary

This was like watching a really smart, really bratty 13 year old boy who has been given an unlimited amount of money to do whatever he can to draw attention to himself. Every couple of minutes he looks at you and says...watch me do this!

He may or he may not have 'talent'...whatever that means. He does have nerve...lots of it. Just to get all these adults doing all this silly stuff. He's adept at couching his antics in art world mumbo jumbo but isn't at all convincing as he says this nonsense.

I had been curious about Barney since seeing stills from his Cremaster films...startling costumes and settings. Now I know. This doc's saving grace is that it was mercifully short.

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