Robert Wilson - Hardcover

Quadri, Franco; Bertoni, Franco

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 084782103X ISBN 13: 9780847821037

Publisher: Rizzoli, 1998

Synopsis

Award winning writer, director, theatre designer and visual artist Robert Wilson is one of the most visionary and versatile theatrical talents of the past three decades. This first monograph of the artist's work shows how he challenged and redefined the conventions of performance art throughout the US and Europe.

About this title

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

From Booklist:

Avant-garde director Robert Wilson is best known for long, graceful, slowly performed theater pieces and the simple, visually stunning effects he creates for them--the beautiful wood puppet held aloft in The Knee Plays, for instance, or the three performers moving mechanically in front of a steam engine in Einstein on the Beach. Many of his concepts have become emblems, if not cliches, of 1970s and 1980s minimalist performance. This beautifully designed coffee-table book collects eye-popping black-and-white and color photographs of 24 of Wilson's presentations, from Deafman Glance (1970) to Bluebeard's Castle/Erwartung (1995), and lists performance times, casts, and the literary and musical sources of each piece. Four jargon-filled academic essays discuss Wilson's life, work, and place in art history; happily, they, too, are lavishly illustrated, with Wilson's sketches and photographs of the striking set pieces and witty installations he creates while building up steam for his next epic. Jack Helbig

About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 084782103X
• ISBN 13: 9780847821037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240