The American director Bob Wilson, known for his original creations in the theater as well as in the opera, died on Thursday (31/7/25) in the state of New York at the age of 83, the institution that preserves his work.
“We are announcing the death of Robert Wilson, artist, director of theater and opera, architect, stage designer and technical lighting,” said Robert Wilson Arts Foundation, clarifying that the eclipse Complications of “a short but galloping disease”.
“Although he faced the diagnosis of his illness with clarity and determination, he felt the need to continue working and creating to the end. His works on the scene, on paper, his sculptures and his video-ports, as well as the (Arts Center) Watermill Center, will remain his artistic heritage, “the Foundation added.
“Peter Pan”, “Turandot”, “Einstein on the Beach” … His directing in original works, as well as works by the traditional repertoire, created an event wherever they were shown, mainly in France.
“Bob Wilson was a visionary artist, a directing master, a light sculptor” who “deeply influenced his contemporaries, especially in France where he created so much,” commented French Minister of Culture Rasida.
“The Aristotle of Light went out. With him, one of the greatest inventors of the modern scene is lost. I met him at the Nancy Festival, in those glittering years that all seemed to be possible. It was an aesthetic shock, a revelation, “added former Culture Minister Jack Lang.
Robert Wilson, or simply Bob Wilson, was born on October 4, 1941 in Weak, Texas. He began uploading his own plays to his family’s garage before moving, at the age of 20, to New York where he came into contact with pioneering artists such as Andy Warhol.
However, it was in 1976 that he conquered the international stage with the project “Einstein on the beach”, a almost five -hour work, which was posted several times in theaters, whose music is signed by the famous Philip Glas.