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American director Bob Wilson is dead
Known for his original creations at the theater and the opera, the artist died Thursday in New York State, at the age of 83, following a disease.
Bob Wilson’s staging created the event wherever they were shown (archive image).
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The American director Bob Wilsonknown for his original creations at the theater as in the Opera, died Thursday in New York State, at the age of 83, said the foundation preserving its work.
“We are devastated to announce the death of Robert M. Wilson, artist, director of theater and opera, architect, scenographer and lightingist, plastic artist (…),” said the Robert Wilson Arts Foundationspecifying that he had “turned peacefully” to Water Mill, in New York State, of “a brief but lightning disease”.
“Although he faced his diagnosis with lucidity and determination, he felt the need to continue working and creating until the end. His works for the scene, on paper, his sculptures and his video portraits, as well as the Watermill Center, will remain his artistic heritage, “added the foundation.
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His staging created the event
“Peter Pan”, “Turandot”, “Einstein on the Beach” … His staging of original works as from works in the traditional repertoire created the event wherever they were shown.
“Bob Wilson was a visionary artist, a master of staging, a sculptor of light” who “deeply marked his contemporaries, especially in France where he created so much,” commented the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati.
Close to artists of the American avant-garde
Born on October 4, 1941 in Waco, Texas, Robert Wilson, or more simply Bob Wilson, had started to put on his own plays in the family garage before moving, in his twenties, in New York where he approached artists from the American avant-garde like Andy Warhol.
But it was in 1976 that he was propelled on the international scene with “Einstein on the Beach”, an “UFO” of almost five hours mounted several times since its creation, and whose music has been signed by the famous Philip Glass.
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