Matthew Barney: River of Fundament

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Matthew Barney: River of Fundament at Haus der Kunst, Munich, and Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania, Australia

Published 2014 by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., New York, in association with Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany

Author
Okwui Enwezor

Contributors
Homi K. Bhabha, Hilton Als, Diedrich Diederichsen, and David Walsh

Editor
Louise Neri

Associate Publisher
Margaret Rennolds Chace

Coordinating Editor
Giulia di Filippo

Playbills Editor
Rosalie Benitez

Production Manager
Kaija Markoe

Image Preparation
Loren Olson, Christopher Seguine

Design
Klopfer-Ramsey-Kwon, New York

Design Assistance
Keith Riley, Matthew Barney Studio

Translation Of Diedrich Diederichsen's River Of Many Returns
James Gussen

Publication © 2014 by Haus der Kunst, Munich

Artworks © 2014 by Matthew Barney, unless otherwise noted

Texts © 2014 by individual authors

ISBN: 978-0-8478-4258-2

422 pages, cloth-bound

Printed in Italy


River of Fundament

Playbill for each 2014 screening of River of Fundament, a film by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler

River of Fundament is presented worldwide by Manchester International Festival

Contributors
Angus Cook, Jonathan Bepler and Shane Anderson

Libretto
Matthew Barney

Editor
Rosalie Benitez

Design
Keith Riley

Front cover
River of Fundament: Redfish Lake, 2014

Back cover
Production still, River of Fundament, 2014

Artworks © Matthew Barney
All texts © the authors
All excerpts from Ancient Evenings © 1983
Norman Mailer Estate

Printed separately at each screening venue

REN

Playbill for the production of REN, a live performance by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler

Published 2014 by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., New York, as an insert in the monograph River of Fundament

Contributors
Neville Wakefield, Zach Baron

Libretto
Matthew Barney

Editor
Rosalie Benitez

Design
Keith Riley

Front cover
GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL: Norman Mailer, 2007

Back cover
REN: Lapis Ren, 2008

Photography
Chris Winget, David Regen

Artworks © Matthew Barney
All texts © the authors
All excerpts from Ancient Evenings © 1983
Norman Mailer Estate

34 pages, staple-bound

Printed in Italy


KHU

Playbill for the production of KHU, a live performance by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler

First edition published 2010 by Matthew Barney, New York

Second edition published 2014 by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., New York, as an insert in the monograph River of Fundament

Contributors
Rebecca Ruth Hart, Angus Cook, Jonathan Bepler and Shane Anderson

Libretto
Matthew Barney

Editor
Rosalie Benitez

Design
Keith Riley

Front cover
KHU: Osiris J.L.B., 2009

Back cover
KHU Prologue production still, 2009

Photography
Chris Winget, David Regen

Artworks © Matthew Barney
All texts © the authors
All excerpts from Ancient Evenings ©1983
Norman Mailer Estate

38 pages, staple-bound

First edition printed by GHP, West Haven, Connecticut

Second edition printed in Italy


BA

Playbill for the production of BA, a filmed performance by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler

Published 2014 by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., New York, as an insert in the monograph River of Fundament

Contributors
Sean Campbell, Ross Simonini

Libretto
Matthew Barney

Editor
Rosalie Benitez

Design
Keith Riley

Front cover
ANCIENT EVENINGS: Ba Libretto, 2009

Back cover
Rouge Battery (detail), 2013

Photography
Hugo Glendinning, Chris Winget, David Regen, Peter Strietmann, Stephen Mallon

Artworks © Matthew Barney
All texts © the authors
All excerpts from Ancient Evenings © 1983
Norman Mailer Estate

34 pages, staple-bound

Printed in Italy 


DJED

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Matthew Barney: DJED, Gladstone Gallery, New York

Published 2011 by Gladstone Gallery, New York

Contributor
Angus Cook

Libretto
Matthew Barney

Editor
Rosalie Benitez

Design
Keith Riley

Front cover
RIVER ROUGE: Djed, 2011

Back cover
Sacrificial Anode (detail), 2011

Artwork photography
David Regen

KHU performance photography
Hugo Glendinning

REN Performance photography
Chris Winget, Ivano Grasso, Catherine Opie

Artworks © Matthew Barney
All texts © the authors
All excerpts from Ancient Evenings © 1983
Norman Mailer Estate

54 pages, staple-bound
Print run: 2,500
Printed by GHP, West Haven, Connecticut