See inside this book by clicking here. Use your browser's back button to return to this page and continue shopping. Robert Wilson was born in 1941 in Waco, Texas. He attended the University of Texas, studied architecture and design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and studied painting with George McNeil in Paris. Wilson's avant-garde theater productions, including the Philip Glass collaboration Einstein on the Beach, have won international acclaim. He has designed and directed operas at La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Opera Bastille in Paris, among others. He has adapted works by Virginia Woolf, Marguerite Duras, Henrik Ibsen, and Gertrude Stein, and collaborated with such artists as Laurie Anderson, William Burroughs, David Byrne, Heiner Müller, Susan Sontag, and Tom Waits. Wilson has been honored with numerous awards, including the Premio Abbiati from the Italian Music Critics Association, two Italian Premio Ubu awards, the Golden Lion Award for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and Obie Award for Direction, and the Dorothy and Lilian Gish Award for lifetime contribution to the arts. His drawings, paintings, and sculptures have been exhibited internationally, and his works are held in private collections and museums throughout the world. Contents: Introduction Peter G. Rowe Citation Jorge Silvetti Selected Work The Award Acknowlegments |
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