Matthew’s work is defined by its orientalizing sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Vase
Decorated by Matthew Andrew Daly (American, 1860–1937) Rookwood Pottery (American, 1880-1967) Cincinnati, Ohio
Inventions of the Monsters
Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904–1989
Venus de Milo with Drawers
A Chemist Lifting with Extreme Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano
Untitled (Dream of Venus) formerly Visions of Eternity
Mae West's Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment
Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904-1989
The Anthropomorphic Tower
Untitled (Desert Landscape)
City of Drawers
Hidden Faces
Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops in Equilibrium upon Her Shoulder
Oonagh MacCumhail: The Case of the Entered Novitiate
Matthew Barney American, born 1967
Surrealist Object Functioning Symbolically
Imaginary Portrait of Lautréamont at the Age of Nineteen Obtained According to the Paranoiac-Critical Method
Formation of the Monsters
Coitus
Salvador Dali Spanish, 1904–1989
Duel in the sun
Cremaster 5: The Queen of Chain