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Celebrity video portrait exhibition transforming Adelaide art scene

Robert Wilson - Brad Pitt - Art Gallery of SA

Influential artist Robert Wilson brings remarkable exhibition of video portraits exclusively to Adelaide in an Australian premere. Lady Gaga and Robert Downey Jr among many celebrities on display.

The Art Gallery of South Australia is no stranger to presenting ground-breaking and challenging exhibitions. The latest in a long line of thought-provoking events is Robert Wilson’s video portrait series.

Robert is a world-renowned creative: an American experimental theatre stage director and playwright who has been described by The New York Times as “[America]’s—or even the world’s—foremost vanguard ‘theatre artist.'” He has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. Quite the resume.

In this exhibition—an Australian premiere and exclusive to Adelaide—Wilson presents imperceptibly slow-moving video portraits of celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Isabella Rossellini, Brad Pitt, Zhang Huan and Robert Downey Jr. Each life-size work is captured in high-definition video and displayed on large monitors to create an arresting ensemble of characters and moods.

Robert Wilson's video portrait of Lady Gaga - Art Gallery of SA

Wilson has incorporated a multitude of creative elements into his video portraits. Lighting, costume, make-up, choreography, scenography and sound are ingeniously crafted into the whole exhibition, an exhibition that urges audiences to reconsider the nature of portraiture.

One Ticket, Two Exhibitions

Buy an exhibition ticket and gain access to both Robert WilsonMoving portraits and Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize.

More info here.

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