Robert wilson video portraits

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PRODUCITON
Physical video production and exhibition management for Robert Wilson’s Video Portrait series. Beginning in 2004, the ongoing series consists of over 150 portraits of actors, animals, artists, athletes, and other personalities in carefully crafted tableaus. Since 2007 the exhibition has traveled throughout the world to museums, galleries and cultural institutions.

SUBJECTS
Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek, Sean Penn, Isabella Rossellini, Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder, Lady Gaga, Roberto Bolle, Steve Buscemi, Macaulay Culkin, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Marianne Faithful, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alan Cumming, Peter Stormare, Jeanne Moreau, Isabelle Huppert, Juliette Binoche, Renee Fleming, JT Leroy, Gabriella Ornstein, Martin Brand, Tatiana Platt, Princess Caroline of Monaco, Gao Xingjian, Dita Von Teese, Farah Diba, Norman Paul Fleming, Byambajav Ulambayar, Zhang Huan, Lucinda Childs, William Pope L., Alexis Broschek, Luc Hoffmann, Maren Otto, Nigel Sylvester, Sofia Boutella, Shingo Iwasaki, Suzushi Hanayagi, Kool (snow owl), Ivory (black panther), Boris (porcupine), Horned Frog, Celine (briard dog), Samson (skunk).

PROJECT OVERVIEW
Robert Wilson is a rare artist who works across media without being buoyed by one method of making. The process of creation transcends a single medium and instead finds outlet within the archetype of an opera, the architecture of a building, the stains in a watercolor drawing, the design of a chair, the choreography of a dance, the rhythm of a sonnet, or the multiple dynamics revealed in a Video Portrait.

By incorporating a multitude of creative elements; lighting, costume, make up, choreography, gesture, text, voice, set design, and narrative – the video portraits act as a complete synthesis of all the media in the realm of Wilson’s art making.  The canvas or High Definition (HD) screen is one thing, blending the environmental and spatial aspects of a stage with a new sensibility for Wilson’s direction. The medium is HD video but the form blurs time-based cinematography with the frozen moment of still photography. As in the layering nature of Wilson’s creative process, the video portraits infuse references found in painting, sculpture, design, architecture, dance, theater, photography, television, film and contemporary culture.  The final result on the HD monitor resembles a photograph, but on closer inspection reveals Wilson’s highly developed theatrical language in conjunction with the startling clarity and precision of HD video.

“I always thought of them as a window in a room, or a fire in a fireplace. It is always there, always changing. It does not demand your constant attention. The still life is a real life.” - Robert Wilson

VIDEO PORTRAITS (SELECT)

VIDEO FRAME STILLS (SELECT)

Installation Images

PUBLICATION

ROBERT WILSON VIDEO PORTRAITS
Foreword by Robert Wilson

Publisher: Walther König, Köln
Artist: Robert Wilson
Editor: Peter Weibel, Matthew Shattuck, Harald Falckenberg
Contributor: Norman Bryson, Ali Hossaini, Noah Khoshbin, Matthew Shattuck, Nicola Suthor, Peter Weibel, Robert Wilson
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 8.25 x 10.25 in
Pages: 223 pages
Reproductions: 80 color
Language: English, German
ISBN: 9783865608505
Retail: $45 US & Canada

EXHIBITION TOUR

2017
Villa Panza – Verese Italy – November 4 2016 – October 15 2017
BOX Freiraum – Berlin Germany – December 2 2016 – February 27 2017
Musee Lambinet – Versailles France – November 5 2016 – February 19 2017

2016
Turku Art Museum – Turku Finland – September 16 – November 20 2016
Lichtsicht Biennale – Bad Rothenfelde – September 18 2015 – February 7 2016

2015
Backlit – Nottingham UK – April 11 – May 17 2015
Bernier/Eliades Gallery – Athens Greece – March 9 – May 14 2015
Art Basel Hong Kong (Bernier/Eliades Gallery) – March 24-26 2015

2014
Art Basel Miami (Galerie Thomas Schulte) – December 3-7 2014
21_21 Design Sight – Tokyo Japan – July 4 – October 5 2014
Vitraria Glass+A Museum – Venice Italy – September 27 2014 – January 25 2014 
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild - Woodstock NY - April 26 – August 30 2014
Slovak National Gallery – Bratislava Slovakia – December 13, 2013 – March 23, 2014

2013
artRAVE, New York NY – November 10 2013
St. Moritz Art Masters – St. Moritz Switzerland – August 23 – September 1 2013
Onassis Cultural Centre - Athens Greece – April 4 – July 7 2013
Fondazione Carisbo - Bologna Italy – February 2 – 22 2013
Bologna Art Fair – Bologna Italy - January 24 – 28 2013

2012
Akademie der Kunst – Berlin Germany – December 7 2012 – February 17 2013
Palazzo Madama – Torino Italy – September 20 – January 6 2013
Galerija Klovićevi dvori – Zagreb Croatia – October 8 – December 2, 2012
University of Toronto Art Center – Toronto Canada – September 11 – October 8 2012
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery UWA – Perth Australia, May 25 – July 1 2012
TIFF Cinematheque – Toronto Canada – June 8, 2012
Times Square – New York USA – May 1 – June 1 2012
Fullframe Kunst Film Festival – Vienna Austria – April 19, 2012
Big Screen Plaza – New York USA – December 12, 2011 – January 31, 2012

2011
MdM Salzburg – Salzburg Austria, July 16 – October 16 2011
International Festival of Photography – Knokke-Heist Belgium, April 9 – June 13, 2011
Timken Museum of Art – San Diego USA, February 25 – May 15 2011
Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) – Rio de Janeiro Brazil, February 15 – May 15 2011
Portsmouth Museum of Art – Portsmouth NH USA, January 26 – April 24, 2011
AirFrance A380 – First Class Gallery

2010
Jiri Svestka Gallery – Prague Czech Republic, November 12 2010 – January 22 2011
Museum Kampa – Prague Czech Republic, November 14, 2010 – February 6, 2011
Santander Cultural – Porto Alegre Brazil, September 8 – December 5 2010
Akademie der Kunst – Berlin Germany, August 26 – September 12 2010
ZKM | Center for Art and Media – Karlsruhe Germany, May 13 – August 22 2010
Galerie Thomas Schulte – Berlin Germany, January 29 – March 27 2010
Phoenix Hallen – Hamburg Germany, October 16 – January 10 2010
Hamburger Kunsthalle – Hamburg Germany, October 16 – January 10 2010

2009
Rivellino di Leonardo da Vinci, Locarno Switzerland, August 1 – 31 2009
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum – Gratz Austria, June 19 – September 6 2009
Hydra School Project – Hydra Greece, June 15 – September 15 2009
Palazzo Reale – Milan Italy, June 15 – October 4 2009
Museo de Pasión, Las Francesas, & San Benito – Valladolid Spain, April 2 – May 31 2009
The Fabric Workshop and Museum – Philadelphia USA, February 13 – March 22 2009
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery – Miami USA, February 7 – March 12 2009
Art Miami (with Bernice Steinbaum Gallery) – Miami USA, December 2 – 7 2009
Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery – Houston USA, December 2 – February 1 2008/9
SESC Pinheiros – Sao Paulo Brazil, November 12 – February 1 2009

2008
National Museum of Singapore – Singapore, October 29 – January 4 2008/9
International Audiovisual Festival of Performing Arts – Lisbon Portugal, September 21 2008
Palazzo Leti Sansi (Spoleto Festival) – Spoleto Italy, June 29 – July 13 2008
Bass Museum of Art – Miami Beach USA, May 3 – August 3 2008
Joslyn Art Museum – Omaha USA, April 5 – August 10 2008
International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) – Montreal Canada, March 6 – March 16 2008
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University – Durham USA, February 23 – July 6 2008
CSPS Gallery – Cedar Rapids USA, February 2 – March 30 2008
University of Iowa Museum of Art – Iowa City USA, February 2 – March 30 2008

2007
Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina (MADRE) – Naples Italy, Oct 11 – Dec 8 2007
Ekaterina Foundation – Moscow Russia, October 2 – December 2 2007
Triumph Gallery – Moscow Russia, September 28 2007
Ace Gallery – Los Angeles USA, February 22 – July 31 2007
Phillips de Pury & Co. – New York USA, January 17 – February 14 2007
Paula Cooper Gallery – New York USA, January 13 – February 3 2007

2005
PS1 – New York USA, October 2005