Robert Wilson
- Introduction
- Robert Wilson (born October 4, 1941) is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright who has been described by The New York Times as "[America]'s – or even the world's – foremost vanguard 'theater artist.'" He has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. Wilson is best known for his collaboration with Philip Glass and Lucinda Childs on Einstein on the Beach, and his frequent collaborations with Tom Waits. In 1991, Wilson established The Watermill Center, "a laboratory for performance" on the East End of Long Island, New York, regularly working with opera and theatre companies, as well as cultural festivals. Wilson "has developed as an avant-garde artist specifically in Europe amongst its modern quests, in its most significant cultural centers, galleries, museums, opera houses and theaters, and festivals".
- Wikidata
- Q541526
- Introduction
- American theater designer.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Composer, Writer, Designer, Playwright, Performance Artist, Video Artist
- Names
- Robert Wilson, Robert M. Wilson
- Ulan
- 500124951
Exhibitions
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Mark Leckey: Containers and Their Drivers
Oct 23, 2016–Mar 5, 2017
MoMA PS1
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Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye
Nov 15, 2014–Jan 18, 2016
MoMA
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MoMA Media Lounge
Feb 29, 2012–Jul 8, 2013
MoMA
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Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
Mar 11–Sep 7, 2009
MoMA
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Looking at Music
Aug 13, 2008–Jan 5, 2009
MoMA
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Robert Wilson has
21 exhibitionsonline.
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Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds, Robert Wilson The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin 1973
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Robert Wilson Drawing (Part of a suite of 4) The Bed Levitation Scene for Einstein on the Beach 1976
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Robert Wilson Drawing (Part of a suite of 4) for The Bed Levitation Scene for Einstein on the Beach 1976
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Robert Wilson Drawing (Part of a suite of four) for The Bed Levitation Scene for Einstein on the Beach 1976
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Robert Wilson Drawing (Part of a suite of 4) for The Bed Levitation Scene for Einstein on the Beach 1976
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Robert Wilson Large Drawing for Spaceship Scene. Design for the opera Einstein on the Beach 1976
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Robert Wilson Einstein Chair 1977
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Robert Wilson Flying Bench (1977, dated 1978)
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Philip Glass, Robert Wilson Einstein on the Beach 1978
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Robert Wilson Deafman Glance 1981
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Robert Wilson Plan for the opera the CIVIL warS: A Tree is Best Measured When it is Down 1981
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Various Artists, Harry Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Charles A. Arnold Jr., John Ashbery, Bern Boyle, Lucinda Childs, Jane Comfort, R. Crumb, Dan Dailey, Jimmy DeSana, Evergon, Sandi Fellman, Benno Friedman, April Greiman, Martha Holt, James Hong, Betsey Johnson, Sonia Katchian, Christopher Knowles, Robert Kushner, Stephanie Brody Lederman, Sol LeWitt, Jacqueline Livingston, Joan Livingstone, David Lusby, Joan Lyons, Joseph Masheck, Judith McWillie, Joan Nelsen, Bea Nettles, Jayme Odgers, Richard Olson, Kingsley Parker, Harvey Pekar, Lucio Pozzi, Don Rodan, Martha Rosler, Michael Sorkin, Soul Artists, Stanley Stellar, Michelle Stuart, Benedict Tisa, Curtis Van Buren, Wenda Von Weise, Philip Warner, Robert Wilson Artifacts at the End of a Decade 1981
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Design for the play The Golden Windows (1982)
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Robert Wilson Untitled, Act I from the portfolio Parsifal 1985
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Robert Wilson Untitled, Act II from the portfolio Parsifal 1985
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Robert Wilson A Letter for Queen Victoria (for Parkett no. 16) 1988
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Robert Wilson, Sherrie Levine, Markus Raetz, Various Artists Parkett no. 16 1988
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Robert Wilson Draft Notes for a Conversation on Dante 1993
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Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Jim Hodges, Frank Moore, Jorge Pardo, Jack Pierson, Lari Pittman, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Robert Wilson, Various Artists 1989 2000
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Robert Wilson Untitled from 1989 2000
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