Absolute Wilson: The Biography (Hardback)
Author: Otto-Bernstein, Katharina
category: Theatre and Performance, Theory and Practice

ISBN: 3791334506, 3791334506 - 2006
Normal price £ 29.00,

This comprehensive and lavishly illustrated book is an intimate portrait of the avant-garde visionary artist Robert Wilson.

Documentarian Katharina Otto-Bernstein was granted unprecedented access to the influential and controversial artist and stage designer Robert Wilson. Otto-Bernstein traces Wilson’s career from his Texas childhood to his present-day studio at the Watermill Center on Long Island, Wilson’s famous "think tank." She examines the artist’s creative process and unconventional techniques, reveals how he chooses his collaborators, and documents their often turbulent relationships. Additional interviews with Wilson’s family members, friends and colleagues, including Philip Glass, David Byrne, Jessye Norman, Susan Sontag, John Rockwell and Paula Cooper, round out this refreshingly honest and insightful look at an important artist and his work.

Katharina Otto-Bernstein is a producer and filmmaker in Manhattan. Her film about

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