Robert Wilson
Chairs
Robert Wilson is a pioneer in the art world who has changed the way we look at theater, art and design.
As a total work of art Robert Wilson’s theater is an instrument that is versatile enough to allow almost any vision: sound, lighting, costume design, narrative construction, reconstruction, destruction, elements of dance, performance art, grand opera, cinema.
Wilson's furniture and sculptural pieces are born on the stage as a key element, envisioned as performers on equal par with the actors.
They are exhibited and collected in galleries, museums and private collections worldwide.
Madame Butterfly
Originally designed for the production of Madame Butterfly 1992
media: black lacquered wood, bamboo, steel
dimensions: 59 x 12 x 10 inches
edition of 3
“The chairs that I’ve designed are more like sculptures, I always give them names: the Queen Victoria chair, the Joseph Stalin chair, the Sigmund Freud hanging chair, the Marguerite Duras chair. The Marie Curie chair, made from thin, steel rods, comes with an audio tape extract from the scientist’s diary. In a sense, they are more like poetic visions of personalities of our time, the way the Greeks made sculptures of the gods of their times.”
Robert Wilson
Meek Girl Chair
originally designed for the production of The Meek Girl, 1994
media: wood, veneers, fur
dimensions: 106 x 54 x 55 cm.
edition of 3
Malady of Death Chair
Originally designed for The Malady of Death, 1992
media: upholstery over wood
dimensions: 55x20x24”
Edition of 3
Parzival: a chair with a shadow
originally designed for Parzival 1987
media: bleached birch with black lacquer.
dimensions: 41 3/4 x 15 x 15 3/4 inches.
edition of 15
Queen’s Chair
originally The Days Before: death destruction & Detroit III 1999
media: lacquered black beech wood
dimensions: 29 x 10 x 19 inches
edition of 2
Chair for Marie Curie
Originally designed for De Materie 1989
media: threaded steel rod, safety glass, neon light,
electrical transformer and cables
dimensions: 54 x 11 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches
edition of 9
Lear Throne
Originally designed for King Lear, 1990
media: steel, copper, industrial rubber matting
dimensions: 165 5/8 x 24 7/8 x 71 7/8 inches
edition of 1
Little Prince Chair
Originally designed for Wings on Rock 1998
media: steel
dimensions: 70 ? x 20 ? x 10”
Edition of 3
Elsa Chair
Originally designed for Lohengrin, 1991
media: Brass
dimensions: 65 1/8 (h) x 24 (l) x 12 ? (w)”
edition of 3
Einstein on the Beach Chair
originally designed for Einstein on the Beach 1976 media: steel
dimensions: 84x10x10”
edition of 6
Pamina Bed
Originally designed for The Magic Flute 1991
media: steel
Dimensions: 28 x 28 x 108 inches
edition of 3
Leonce and Lena Bed
Originally designed for Leonce and Lena
media: wood
dimensions 120 x 20 x 25"
Edition of 3
Rudolf Hess Beach Chairs
Originally designed for Death Destruction and Detroit, 1979
media: nickel plated steel.
dimensions: 31 x 78 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches
dimensions: 22 x 78 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches
edition of 9
Marion's Chaise
Originally designed for Danton's Death 1992
media: Colorado Yule White Marble
dimensions: 24 1/2 x 77 x 13 1/4 inches
Edition of 3
“Robert Wilson is a towering figure in the world of experimental theater and an explorer in the uses of time and space on stage. Transcending theatrical convention, he draws in other performance and graphic arts, which coalesce into an integrated tapestry of images and sounds."
The New York Times
Website: Robert Wilson
For more information contact ACE Gallery
Exhibition
Anna didn't come home that night...
16 Robert Wilson tableaus
The Danish Museum of Decorative Arts
Wilson’s Chairs, as well as several of the VOOM Portraits, will be on view in the arcspace gallery in Second Life from January 7, 2009.
January 5, 2009