Robert Wilson
- Introduction
- Robert Wilson (born October 4, 1941) is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright who has been described by the media as "[America]'s – or even the world's – foremost vanguard 'theater artist'". Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. He is best known for his collaborations with Philip Glass on Einstein on the Beach, and with numerous other artists, including Heiner Müller, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, Gavin Bryars, Rufus Wainwright, Marina Abramović, Willem Dafoe, Isabelle Huppert, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Darryl Pinckney, Richard Gallo, and Lady Gaga. In 1991 Wilson established The Watermill Center, "a laboratory for performance" on the East End of Long Island, New York. He has received more commissions for new works in Europe than in the United States since the late 20th century, regularly working with opera and theatre companies, as well as cultural festivals.
- Wikidata
- Q541526
- Introduction
- American theater designer.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Composer, Designer, Writer, Playwright, Performance Artist, Video Artist
- Names
- Robert Wilson, Robert M. Wilson
- Ulan
- 500124951
Exhibitions
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Mark Leckey: Containers and Their Drivers
October 23, 2016–
March 5, 2017 MoMA PS1
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Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye
November 15, 2014–
January 18, 2016 MoMA
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MoMA Media Lounge
February 29, 2012–
July 8, 2013 MoMA
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Stage Pictures: Drawing for Performance
March 11–
September 7, 2009 MoMA
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Looking at Music
August 13, 2008–
January 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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Various Artists, Robert Wilson, Sherrie Levine, Markus Raetz Parkett no. 16 1988
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Robert Wilson Draft Notes for a Conversation on Dante 1993
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Various Artists, Chuck Close, Nan Goldin, Jim Hodges, Frank Moore, Jorge Pardo, Jack Pierson, Lari Pittman, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Robert Wilson 1989 2000
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Robert Wilson Untitled from 1989 2000
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