Drawing Restraint in order

"Drawing Restraint" is a series of works created by the American artist Matthew Barney. The series encompasses drawings, sculptures, photographs, and films, all of which explore themes related to physical and psychological limitations, as well as the creative process itself. 8 films, 4h 42m in all, in release order.

DRAWING RESTRAINT 2
1988 · 5 min
Black and white video Mathew Barney early work
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Drawing Restraint 7
1997 · 19 min
A video installation in which Satyrs grapple in a limousine as it drives through the tunnels of New York City. While one satyr chases its tail in the front seat, another attempts to make a drawing in the condensation-coated sunroof of the limousine using the third satyr's horn.
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Drawing Restraint 9
2006 · 135 min
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
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DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
2006 · 28 min
American WWII soldiers open a mold, exposing a solid architectural structure made entirely of petroleum jelly. The soldiers violently soften the structure with shovels. The wall of a large metal box slams down revealing Douglas MacArthur (played by Matthew Barney) smoking a large corncob pipe. MacArthur wades through the petroleum jelly morass to a Japanese general wearing a top hat. Both generals sign several white plastic tablets with inkless tattoo guns. Over a bunsen burner, Barney heats up a branding iron bearing his insignia and presses it into each white tablet. After each tablet has been signed and branded, Barbara Gladstone, who attends in period attire, ceremonially places a sticker label bearing the work’s name, date, and Gladstone Gallery logo on each tablet.
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Drawing Restraint 17
Drawing Restraint 17
2010 · 32 min
The latest installment in the monumental Drawing Restraint series, which merges sculpture, athleticism and cryptic symbolism into a stunning meditation on art-making and physical exertion.
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Drawing Restraint 23
2015 · 16 min
Presented as part of the exhibition "RIVER OF FUNDAMENT", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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DRAWING RESTRAINT 26
DRAWING RESTRAINT 26
2024
Executed, filmed and presented in Gladstone’s 21st Street gallery, the work is performed as a duet between dancer Raphael Xavier (SECONDARY’s Jack Tatum) and Barney (as quarterback Ken Stabler). Half performance and half presentation of trace, the work charts the repeated physical and psychological damage sustained by both players in endless replay. While Tatum’s mark-making on the gallery walls is the result of a series of running drills conducted while he impacts a cast clay weight, other gestures belie something more ominous. One of the first NFL players to be diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Stabler leaves his imprint with a metal barbell and clay weight attached to his skull.
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DRAWING RESTRAINT 28
DRAWING RESTRAINT 28
2024 · 47 min
Alex Katz paints a picture to feature in his exhibition with Matthew Barney, The Bitch.
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Frequently asked questions

What order should I watch Drawing Restraint in?

1. DRAWING RESTRAINT 2 (1988), 2. Drawing Restraint 7 (1997), 3. Drawing Restraint 9 (2006), 4. DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender (2006), 5. Drawing Restraint 17 (2010), 6. Drawing Restraint 23 (2015), 7. DRAWING RESTRAINT 26 (2024), 8. DRAWING RESTRAINT 28 (2024).

How long does it take to watch all of Drawing Restraint?

About 4h 42m across 8 released films.

Do any Drawing Restraint films have post-credit scenes?

None are listed on TMDB.