The Cremaster Cycle

I describe this art project “as a fantastic absurd creation combining photographs, drawings, sculptures, and installations all together through a cinematic peace of art”.

The Cremaster* Cycle by Matthew Barney

is full of allusions to the position of the reproductive organs during the embryonic process of sexual differentiation. And goes from Cremaster 1 with the most undifferentiated state to Cremaster 5 the most differentiated state. Barney looked beyond biology as a way to explore the creation of form, he employed models from different realms like, mythology, geology and geography.

Some photographs from the Cycle

Links
http://www.cremaster.net/
http://www.artelio.org/article.php3?id_article=623

*The cremaster muscle is a muscle that covers the testis. Its function is to raise and lower the scrotum in order to regulate the temperature of the testis and promote spermatogenesis. In a cool environment the cremaster draws the testis closer to the body preventing heat loss, while when it is warmer the cremaster relaxes allowing the testis to cool. The cremaster develops to its full extent only in males; in females it is represented by only a few muscle loops.