{"product_id":"matthew-barney-cremaster-2","title":"Cremaster 2","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"320\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eCremaster 2\u003c\/em\u003e is a publication accompanying Matthew Barney’s second installment in the \u003cem data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"169\"\u003eCremaster Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), a series of films, photographs, sculptures, and drawings that construct a mythological system of bodily transformation and narrative allegory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"683\"\u003eThe film and its related materials draw on the historical figure of Gary Gilmore, situating his life and execution within a speculative framework that merges American true crime, Mormon history, and fictional cosmology. Barney reconfigures these references into a symbolic structure concerned with sexual differentiation, entropy, and the formation of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"986\"\u003eThe catalogue documents the film’s highly staged visual world, where landscapes, interiors, and sculptural objects function as interconnected set-pieces. Performers appear as archetypal figures within ritualised sequences, and the imagery moves between documentary reference and operatic construction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Matthew Barney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55763107152257,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7613\/files\/cdr_932.jpg?v=1781088447","url":"https:\/\/www.clairederouenbooks.com\/products\/matthew-barney-cremaster-2","provider":"Claire de Rouen","version":"1.0","type":"link"}