Early Matthew Barney Modeling Pics

Many thanks to Cremaster Fanatic Rob for sending us these photographs from Matthew Barney's days as a professional model (he put himself through Yale by modeling for the Click agency).

To see a couple of early photographs of Barney from the J Crew catalog, please visit http://www.cremasterfanatic.com/Pics/barneypics04.html

Update on Guardian of the Veil at Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Cremaster Fanatic Greg emailed us from Los Angeles with a report on Matthew Barney's Guardian of the Veil exhibition currently on view at Regen Projects. Greg informs us that in addition to the drawings and photographs we mentioned in our previous post on the show, there is a 40-minute HD video of the Guardian of the Veil performance. The gallery also has all of Barney's books, including a number of rare Cremaster volumes, available for reading.

The photographs at the top of this post come from a fantastic photo gallery posted by Lucies Farm, the ranch that provided the bull for the Guardian of the Veil performance in Manchester. They have posted a ton of great "behind the scenes" photos of the rehearsal and performance.
http://www.bark.ch/thumbnails.php?album=64

Cremaster Cycle on ebay

We'd like to draw your attention to an item currently up for bidding on ebay - the complete Cremaster Cycle on DVD. Although this is clearly an (ahem) unauthorized released, look at the production value on the packaging! This is the best looking Cremaster boot we at Cremaster Fanatic have ever seen (obviously, we can't vouch for the quality of the video).

If you want this, you'll have to act fast - there's less than a day left on the auction. The price is currently $65 - far below the half-a-million dollars Cremaster 2 recently fetched at auction. Plus, the seller says he'll use the money to pay off student loans.

Update: The DVDs sold for $216.50.

Matthew Barney Drawing Restraint 2 Etch-A-Sketch

Courtesy of the Etchasketchist.

Check out his blog and Flickr Photostream

Found Field Emblem - Naples, Florida

Cremaster Fanatics Garrett and Anais sent us these photos of a "found field emblem" they encountered in Naples, Florida.

For more found field emblems, please visit http://www.cremasterfanatic.com/ephemera/fieldemblems.html If you come across a field emblem, please take a photo and email us