Matthew Barney: River of Fundament Hardcover – September 2, 2014

Matthew Barney is undoubtedly one of the preeminent artists living today. The River of Fundament is perhaps his masterpiece. It is my only regret in life that I didn’t see the film when it was released. This will be a book I turn to as a permanent comfort read.

This book, truly, is a for fans of this staggering film. I viewed the film in Hobart, Tasmania, after reading about it for months. It is a sort of re-imagining for Mailer's Ancient Evenings; a retelling that visually incorporates themes of love and regeneration, the loss of the manufacturing industry, relationships to our forbears and what we leave behind. Go read the book, see the film, then buy this for a fulsome sense of storytelling completion.

This is a fantastic book. Worth the wait and its weight. I won't be reading the essays and synopses (of which there are many) until I finish Ancient Evenings (halfway there. Highly recommended if there is doubt) and then amendments shall be made. A wonderful testament of that which was and is and is to come (soon I hope). A delight in every way. That's all you get. Anything else you need is up there in the description.

A beautiful book I'll spend the rest of my life exploring.

Great photos of the exhibit and nice essays about the movie and exhibit. I read this before I went to the exhibit, and am glad I did.

Excellent

Excellent book...Not cheap but well worth it if you're a fan of Matthew Barneys work...

Good book and very nice photographs.The way to understand this amazing artist and his point of view on contemporary art.