Matthew Barney seems to have strange sources of inspiration for his work. The most normal is his use of ordinary materials and turning them into art, such as creating sculptures out of vaseline. I also noticed a lot of appearances by animals in Barney's work. He also seems to be intrigued by fantasy and strange creatures. For example, in one of his pieces he used the horns of a ram and in another video he used a person painted as a leopard clawing someones back. He also includes zombies in one of his videos in the Chrysler Building. He definitely stretches beyond the boundaries of ordinary human life and explores different creatures in his work.
While he does incorporate non-human creatures, he definitely is interested in the phenomenon of human life. He explores embryos and their life cycle, and he represents human sexual organs through the positioning of dancers. Earlier in the film, it is said that Barney uses creativity and human biology to create a "vision of the meaning of life itself". I think that is what Barney's work revolves around. He is using art to discover what life is, and what the human's place is in this world.
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