Performance Art at Matthew Barney's Studio

We recently discovered some videos of last Spring's performances by Jonathan Meese and Michael Rees at Matthew Barney's studio. Unfortunately, we haven't found any videos online of Barney's Guardian of the Veil performance, but you can see some of Barney's props in the background of the other performances (and a quick glimpse of Barney and Bjork in the New Art TV videos). Meese brandishes a biography of General MacArthur at one point, perhaps a prop he discovered among Barney's things at the studio.

Michael Rees - Live Life! (New Art TV)
Jonathan Meese Performance (New Art TV)
Jonathan Meese Performance (Contemporary Fine Art, Berlin -- cleaner soundtrack, less of the "scene")

Matthew Barney, Michael Rees, and Jonathan Meese

Here are some more photographs of Matthew Barney and Jonathan Meese (and a few with Michael Rees) after their performance at Barney's studio in Long Island City, New York.

Matthew Barney & Jonathan Meese in New York

While looking around the internet for pictures of Barney's Guardian of the Veil performance in Manchester, I found some more photographs of the performance in New York City last may. The performance was held at Barney's new studio in Long Island City, and also featured performances by Jonathan Meese (pictured with Barney above) and Michael Rees.