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| Title： |
Robert Wilson: TIME and SPACE |
| Period： |
April 21－July 8, 2000
Reception : April 21, 18:00-20:00
Mr. Robert Wilson will be attending. |
| Venue： |
ITOCHU GALLERY CO., LTD.
2-27-21 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(Three-minutes walk from Gaien-Mae Station)
TEL: 03-3497-1261 FAX: 03-3497-8665 http://www.itochugy.co.jp |
| Opening hours： |
10:00 - 18:00 Admission free
(Closed on Sundays and National holidays)
(Open 12:00-18:00 on Saturdays） |
| Exhibited works： |
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15 drawings from "Time Rocker" and "Hamlet" directed by Wilson |
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3-4 chairs from Madam Butterfly etc., directed by Robert Wilson |
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| For any inquiries, please contact Satomi Nakai |
Robert Wilson, the world-famous performance director, handles time and
space so magically and skillfully that they become almost expressive and
changeable creatures. Every component in his play such as image, language
and music, exposes its undiscovered possibility of expression.
 Wilson,
not only known as a performance director of Einstein on the Beach, Black
Rider and Time Rocker, is also a performer himself and a gifted artist.
This spring, Wilson is coming back to Japan to direct/perform Hamlet, which
had already been highly evaluated last year by excited Japanese audience.
Our coming exhibition, held during the same period with Wilson's performance
of Hamlet in Shizuoka, aims at highlighting his creativity within the scheme
of fine art.
 Wilson's
performance can be described as sometimes being illusionary and sometimes
sublime. In his performance, there is always a certain tense and some elements
of Zen-like minimalism, both of which could be derived from his influence
by Noh. Wilson's use of light and color realizes an utterly overwhelming
effect on his stage. This exhibition, by introducing some drawings by Wilson,
enables the viewers to see things through his eyes.
 Some
chairs, that have played an important role in his performance, will also
be exhibited. Wilson has designed over hundreds of chairs to make a unique
visual composition of the setting. Among those used in unforgettable scenes
and performances, Wilson has selected few chairs for display.
This exhibition, including some newly shown works in Japan, is a rare opportunity
to see Robert Wilson both from the prospect of stage performance and art. |
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