Robert Wilson
Director
An '80s Art Flashback...tribe, but, rather, glimpses of what they all looked like once upon a time. Here, for example, are David Byrne, Laurie Simmons and Robert Wilson when they were still young, before their reputations had been fully secured. You might think... In this article: David Byrne, Aperture, Irving Penn, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, and Richard Avedon |
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nymag.com: Theater | October 25, 2009
Brooklyn Hearts Huppert
Huppert in Robert Wilson's video-portrait homage to Edward Steichen's 1928 photograph of Greta Garbo. For Isabelle Huppert, American fame has never been in the cards. At 56, the European superstar is fast approaching 100 career films, and...
In this article: Isabelle Huppert, Brooklyn, Heiner Muller, Sarah Kane, Dracula, 4.48 Psychosis, Edward Steichen, and I Heart Huckabees
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L.A. Times - The Arts | October 25, 2009
Music review: 'Einstein' at the beach
...at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica with excerpts from Philip Glass' groundbreaking opera he conceived with director Robert Wilson in 1976. Glass offers the option of replacing the women's voices at the end with a children's chorus...
In this article: Jacaranda, Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, Morton Feldman, Sandra Tsing Loh, and Rothko Chapel
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Wikipedia | October 15, 2009
Robert Wilson (director)
...says that "In theatre, no one has dramatized the crisis of language with as much ferocious genius as Robert Wilson" (Holmberg 41). Wilson makes it evident in his work that what's and why's of language are terribly important and cannot be...
In this article: The Civil WarS, The Life and Times, Einstein on the Beach, Heiner Muller, Joseph Stalin, Philip Glass, and Tom Waits
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Guardian Unlimited | September 02, 2009
Where are today's public intellectuals?
...arrival of Brecht's Berliner Ensemble in Paris in the 50s and Louis Aragon greeted the early work of Robert Wilson as the epitome of the surrealism he'd pioneered. Closer to home is the late, lamented Raymond Williams who moved with ease...
In this article: Susan Sontag, Theodor Adorno, Aesthetics, JavaScript, Berliner Ensemble, and Endgame
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Taipei Times | February 19, 2009
Talking to Robert Wilson
Friday, Feb 20, 2009, Page 13 As an artist, Robert Wilson possesses an extraordinary range. He's created some theater shows entirely out of his own head (Deafman Glance), others in collaboration with contemporary composers (Einstein on...
In this article: Virginia Woolf, Orlando, Taiwan, Taipei, Orlando, Einstein on the Beach, and Philip Glass
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Christian Science Monitor | March 06, 2008
Robert Wilson's still lives in motion (barely) csmonitor.com
...inside. ' - Artist Robert Wilson Courtesy of University of Iowa Museum of Art Robert Wilson's still lives in motion (barely) Theater legend Robert Wilson's new exhibit at the University of Iowa aims to pioneer a new breed of plasma...
In this article: VOOM HD, Brad Pitt, Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Chewing gum, and Stepping
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 25, 2007
'Absolute Wilson': A Mixed Bag
Theater Visionary Robert Wilson Never Comes Fully Into Focus In New Documentary "Absolute Wilson" is about as conventional a showbiz biography as could be imagined about the unconventional theater artist Robert Wilson. In her 100-minute...
In this article: Harvey Lichtenstein, Suicide, David Byrne, Autism, The Civil WarS, and Philip Glass
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 25, 2007
Filmmaker Puts Spotlight On a Backstage Visionary
Katharina Otto-Bernstein's first interview with famed theater artist Robert Wilson for her new documentary, "Absolute Wilson," was memorable, to say the least: The filmmaker, then nine months pregnant, ended up having Wilson rush her to the...
In this article: New York, Paris, David Byrne, Berlin International Film Festival, and Philip Glass
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 25, 2007
Absolutely Avant-Garde
"Absolute Wilson" is about as conventional a showbiz biography as could be imagined about the unconventional theater artist Robert Wilson. Documentary filmmaker Katharina Otto-Bernstein traces the life of the 65-year-old Wilson through...
In this article: Suicide, David Byrne, Autism, and Philip Glass
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 18, 2007
OnFilm New German Films And 'Absolute Wilson'
...director Katharina Otto-Bernstein, as well as for the film's general release. But if you, um, absolutely can't wait for the acclaimed Robert Wilson documentary, which promises to offer a rare glimpse into the auteur behind such works as...
In this article: Tom Tykwer, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Civil WarS, Einstein on the Beach, and Austria
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Robert Wilson (born 4 October 1941) is an American avant-garde stage director and playwright who has been called "[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 William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Tom Waits, and David Byrne.
- Birth Date:
- October 04, 1941
- Birthplace:
- Waco, Texas, USA
- Occupation:
- Theatre director
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