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Absolute Wilson: The Biography.


Absolute Wilson: The Biography

Katharina Otto-Bernstein

Prestel Publishing

575 Prospect Street, Lakewood, NJ 08701

www.presetel.com

3791334506 $75.00 1-888-463-6110

Enhanced with some 400 color illustrations and photographs, Absolute Wilson: The Biography showcases the life and work of avant-garde visionary, artist and stage designer Robert Wilson Robert Wilson may refer to:
  • Rob Wilson MP for Reading East
  • Sir Robert Wilson (astronomer), a British astronomer
  • Sir Robert Wilson (businessman), chairman of BG Group
  • Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, a British general and politician
  • Robert L. Wilson (1920-1944), U.S.
. Documentarian doc·u·men·tar·i·an   also doc·u·men·ta·rist
n.
One that makes documentaries or a documentary.
, filmmaker, and producer Katharina Otto-Bernstein was provided with complete access to Wilson and traces his career from his Texas childhood to his present-day studio at the Watermill This article is about a type of structure. For other locational uses see: Milldam

A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour or lumber production, or metal shaping (rolling, grinding or wire
 Center on Long Island. Absolute Wilson reveals the artist's creative process, his unconventional techniques, how he chooses his collaborators (documenting their often turbulent relationships), and Wilson's famous "think Tank". Enhanced with interviews with family members, friends and colleagues ranging from Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is a three-times Academy Award-nominated American composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century[1][2][3][4][5]  and David Byrne to Susan Sontag Noun 1. Susan Sontag - United States writer (born in 1933)
Sontag
 and John Rockwell, Absolute Wilson is a definitively informed and informative, 288-page introduction to one of the most influential and talented men working in the arts today.
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