Bob Wilson, an flagship face of American art, died on July 31 at the age of 83. Known for his work as director, playwright and plastic artist, he experiences a worldly famous world of the show The appearance of the deaf, In 1970.
Throughout his career, he has multiplied collaborations with opera, theater and cultural festivals. Works that allowed him to win prestigious awards, such as the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennial in 1993 for a sculptural installation.
A collaboration with Lady Gaga
In its place, the Paris Opera explains that “its scenic work incorporates a wide variety of artistic media,” such as dance, lights, music and texts. Proof of the wide range of his work, Bob Wilson worked with Lady Gaga in 2013, designing the decoration of his program in the MTV Video Music Awards.
Considered his masterpiece, the American presented the opera in 1976 Einstein on the beach It lasts five hours. The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati pays tribute to a “visionary artist, a staging teacher, a light sculptor.”
“He deeply marked his contemporaries, especially in France, where he created so much,” he recalls in his social networks.
Texas’s native collaborated with several French artists, such as Isabelle Huppert. In 1993, Bob Wilson organized OrlandoA novel by Viriginia Woolf, in which the French performed the homonymous character in 1993. In 2024 he presented himself at the Théâtre de la Ville de Paris the show Pessoa Sincere, meHis last staging.
Source: BFM TV
