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DRAWING RESTRAINT
DRAWING RESTRAINT has been Matthew Barney's
continuous project since 1987. The works were inspired
by the idea that resistance makes muscles larger and stronger
due to hypertrophy. "The DRAWING RESTRAINT project
proposes resistance as a prerequisite for development
and a vehicle for creativity," said Barney. In DRAWING
RESTRAINT 1 and 2, Barney drew running up an incline while
strapped with an elastic band. In DRAWING RESTRAINT 3,
he lifted a barbell cast in petroleum wax and petroleum
jelly. DRAWING RESTRAINT 7 is a three multi-channel video
installation. In a limousine entering Manhattan, a hairless
satyr chases his tail in the front seat, while in the
back seat, two developed satyrs "one ram and one
ewe" wrestle. Using the tip of the ramﾕs horn the
ewe attempts to draw a ram horn in the condensation on
the sunroof. This is an installation constructed with
photographs and sculpture with the theme of the changing
roof, drawn by satyrs.
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