Wilson, Robert et al. — Robert Wilson: Voom Portraits

Moscow, VOOM, 2007. Russian. Softcover. Black card wraps with violet and lime green lettering. [90] with 23 color/bw images. No mylar cover. "Iconic artist and theater director Robert Wilson has created a series of video portraits of celebrities, ordinary people and animals called "VOOM Portraits." Known for his glacier-paced theatrical productions with Tom Waits and Lou Reed, Wilson's now bringing his aesthetic to a video format. The recent developments in HD technology have allowed Wilson to create something like a precise hybrid of still photography and motion pictures. Actors such as Brad Pitt (as a crazy person on the streets in the rain), Isabelle Huppert (as Greta Garbo), Steve Buscemi (as a mad butcher chewing gum on a variety show), Robert Downey Jr. (as a dreaming corpse in a Rembrandt painting), and Winona Ryder (as Winnie, the main female character in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, buried up to her neck in sand) were asked to "think of nothing" and move slowly and steadily to collaborate in Wilson's vision of who they might be. The show of 36 portraits opened at Phillips de Pury & Co. on 17 January 2007 and later traveled to LA, Moscow and the Far East." This version of the catalogue was from the exhibition in Moscow and includes text by Wilson, Fedor Pavlov-Andreevich, Greg Moyer, Ekaterina Semenikhina, Vladimir Semenikhin, and Anna Zaitseva. All text is in English and Russian. Includes a biography of Wilson, the list of illustrations, and many credits/acknowlegements. VG- internally but with light general shelf wear and sticker remnant to covers.