Robert Wilson, renowned theater director, playwright and artist, died at the age of 83.
His death was confirmed by the Watermill Center, a art center in Wilson founded in Water Mill, New York. He died peacefully after “short but acute illness”.
Wilson's career in the theater began at the end of the 1960s when he started the performance Art Group The Byrd Hoffman School of Byrds in New York, named after a teacher who helped him with a stuttering. In the mid -1970s, he created the four -act opera Einstein on the beach with Philip Glass.
After the show toured in Europe, Wilson wanted to put it on in New York and decided that the metropolitan opera house would be the best venue, but they said no, so he rented it himself. “It cost $ 90,000,” a lot of money, “he said in 2012 to The Guardian.
His credits also included silent operas such as Deafman Blend and 12-hour lifetime and the times of Joseph Stalin.
He headed the work of others, including William Shakespeares King Lear and the Sturm and Anton Czechow's pregnant. Most recently, he headed Ubu in Palma de Mallorca and Isabelle Huppert in Mary, which she said in London.
“The theater is about one thing” said 2019. “And when it comes to one thing – it's too complicated.”
Wilson created sculptures, designs for furniture and drawings as an visual artist. In 1993 he was awarded the Golden Lion in the Venice Biennale for his sculptural work.
“I don't think I explain my work very well” said In 2022 he returned to the 57th Biennale of Venice. “But it's something you experience.”
The recognition of his talents also included a drama Desk Award for Direction in 1971, a Pulitzer prize nomination for drama in 1986 and an Olivier Award for the best opera in 2013.
His many well -known employees included Tom Waits, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martin McDonagh, Allen Ginsberg, Laurie Anderson, Tilda Swinton, Jim Jarmusch and Lady Gaga.
Wilson also worked with Gaga during her Artpop era and designed the set for her performance of MTV Music Video Awards 2013 and used it in an exhibition in the Louvre. “The concentration that the power she has is overall,” he said in 2016 via Gaga to Gaga.
Wilson is survived by his sister Suzanne and his niece Lori and monuments will be announced shortly. “His works have touched, inspired and influenced generations of artists and audiences since the 1960s,” says a explanation of the Watermill Center.