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Robert Wilson at the Max Ernst Museum, with a photo of Louis Aragon by Man Ray (c.1925) - Photograph © Lucie Jansch

Robert Wilson at the Max Ernst Museum, with a photo of Louis Aragon by Man Ray (c.1925) - Photograph © Lucie Jansch

"The Hat Makes The Man" Opens Tonight at the Max Ernst Museum Brühl

May 12, 2018
“Some nearly fifty years after he first created his surrealist sensation ‘Deafman Glance,’ Robert Wilson tips his hat to his mentor Max Ernst. Wilson’s staged theatrical performances, in the words of surrealist writer Louis Aragon, are ‘what we others, who fathered surrealism, what we dreamed it might become after us, beyond us.’ No mere retrospective or remembrance, this exhibition is more of a collaboration between two of the world’s quintessential dreamers.

The theme of Wilson’s exhibition reflects his wish to infuse the museum with the spirit of Ernst and that of the Watermill Center, the artists’ community where Wilson shares his personal collection of art and artifacts with the public, and nurtures the creativity of young and emerging artists. The exhibition clearly conveys Wilsons creative processes, featuring a selection of objects that serve as the raw material from which the artist draws his inspiration in many of the same ways Max Ernst drew inspiration from his own diverse collection.

Reminiscent of great cabinets of curiosities—especially the collected artifacts of André Breton and Max Ernst—this exhibition tells us less about the objects themselves than about the great artists whose dreams were initiated by them.”
— Noah Khoshbin, Curator

Exhibition Concept and Design: Robert Wilson - Design Collaboration: Marie de Testa - Curator: Noah Khoshbin - Lighting Design: Scott Bolman - Sound Design: Dario Felli - Registrar and Collection Consultant: Christian Clement - Max Ernst Museum Brühl: Achim Sommer, Friederike Voßkamp, Jürgen Pech

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"Black and White" exhibition on display in NYC from Oct. 1 through 24, 2015

October 1, 2015

Black and White at The National Arts Club is on for another 3 days. It's free and open to the public.

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With William Kentridge at the LICHTSICHT biennial in Bad Rothenfelde

September 19, 2015

Last night a selection of my video portraits was projected on a giant, impressive 400-meter long wall of a former salina in Bad Rothenfelde, Germany. This is part of the lichtsicht biennial, curated by the one and only Peter Weibel. One of my fellow artists in the selection there was William Kentridge, and we had a fun conversation over dinner. The projection biennial, which includes many more wonderful artists is up until February next year.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2014

I just received "Living Pictures," a short film about my video portraits by Jakub Jahn. Enjoy!

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Robert Wilson on The Selby

April 7, 2014
 

Please enjoy Todd Selby's beautiful documentation of Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, featuring the impressive Watermill Collection as well Wilson's own private apartment!

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Installation begins on the Louvre Exhbition

November 7, 2013
 
Photograph by Julian Mommert

Photograph by Julian Mommert

 
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