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Drawing Restraint Collection
Movie Saga1988 – 2015

Drawing Restraint Collection

5 Films
6.3 Avg Rating

"Drawing Restraint" is a series of works created by the American artist Matthew Barney. The series encompasses drawings, sculptures, photographs, and films, all of which explore themes related to physical and psychological limitations, as well as the creative process itself.

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Drawing Restraint 7
#2Drawing Restraint 7(1997)
19m

A video installation in which Satyrs grapple in a limousine as it drives through the tunnels of New York City. While one satyr chases its tail in the front seat, another attempts to make a drawing in the condensation-coated sunroof of the limousine using the third satyr's horn.

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Drawing Restraint 9
#3Drawing Restraint 9(2006)
6.3(25)2h 15m

The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.

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DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
#4DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender(2006)
28m

American WWII soldiers open a mold, exposing a solid architectural structure made entirely of petroleum jelly. The soldiers violently soften the structure with shovels. The wall of a large metal box slams down revealing Douglas MacArthur (played by Matthew Barney) smoking a large corncob pipe. MacArthur wades through the petroleum jelly morass to a Japanese general wearing a top hat. Both generals sign several white plastic tablets with inkless tattoo guns. Over a bunsen burner, Barney heats up a branding iron bearing his insignia and presses it into each white tablet. After each tablet has been signed and branded, Barbara Gladstone, who attends in period attire, ceremonially places a sticker label bearing the work’s name, date, and Gladstone Gallery logo on each tablet.

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