Art Craziest Nation

• Introduction
• Hirst's Shark Tank
• Hirst's Butterfly Paintings
• Whiteread's Room
• Chapmans' Dead Guys
• Quinn's Blood Head
• Emin's Bed
• Beuys' Sleighs
• Kiefer's Bookshelves
• Kiefer's Winged Book
• Catellan's Hanging Horse
• Catellan's Tree
• Judd's Blocks
• Flavin's Blue Light
• Flavin's Yellow Light
• Andre's Bricks
• Andre's Squares
• Warhol's Money
• Dali's Lobster Phone
• Klein's Torso
• Klein's Sponges
• Koons' Balls
• Craig-Martin's Tree

Featured artists

• Gilbert & George
• Grayson Perry
• Chris Ofili
• Sam Taylor-Wood
• Gavin Turk
• Damien Hirst
• Dinos and Jake Chapman
• Tracey Emin
• Michael Craig-Martin
• Marc Quinn
• Rachel Whiteread
• Matthew Barney
• Fiona Banner
• Anya Gallaccio
• Michael Landy
• The Little Artists
• Conrad Shawcross
• Keith Tyson
• Mat Collishaw
• David Hancock
• Simon Patterson
• Mark Wallinger

Artworld luminaries and special guests

• Julia Peyton-Jones
• Victoria Miro
• Larry Gagosian
• Jay Jopling
• Matthew Collings
• Brian Sewell
• Sarah Kent
• Loyd Grossman
• Ann Bukantas
• Justina Heslop
• Rafael Benitez
• Steven Gerrard

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Art Craziest Nation was at the Walker Art Gallery from 20 August 2005 - 29 January 2006.

Matthew Barney

Matthew Barney is an American artist famous for his Cremaster films. His partner is Bjork and they have a child together.

Matthew Barney can be see in the photograph above, third from the right in the group admiring 'Koons' Balls', bald with a ginger beard. In the background of the photograph 'Klein's Sponges' and 'Klein's Torso' can be seen.

Also amongst the group admiring 'Koons' Balls' are Mark Wallinger (white shirt, black sunglasses), Anya Gallaccio (face visible between basketballs) and Justina Heslop (black hair in ponytail, second from the right).

External Links

• The Cremaster Cycle