Opening-Day Preview Screening CREMASTER 2 SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1999, 1 PM FREE WITH GALLERY ADMISSION GALLERY 7 In this installment of Barney's ongoing Cremaster cycle, an elliptical narrative unfolds around the film's anti-hero, convicted killer Gary Gilmore, who is played by Barney himself. Loosely based on the life of Gilmore as chronicled by Norman Mailer in his book The Executioner's Song, the film moves from a glacier field in the Canadian Rockies to the Bonneville Salt Flats, from Utah in 1976 to Chicago in 1893. Bees, bison, magicians, mediums, murders, heavy-metal drummers, two-steppers, mounties, and others inhabit the film's hallucinatory landscape. Featured in the cast of Cremaster 2 are Norman Mailer and Dave Lombardo, former lead drummer for the band Slayer. PLEASE NOTE: The feature-length film in this exhibition deals with Gary Gilmore, the protagonist of Norman Mailer's biography The Executioner's Song.This film contains brief scenes of violent and sexual material. It is not recommended for viewing by children. Exhibition Information