Robert Wilson in Four Acts March 1, 2011

Artist Robert Wilson is best known for his video and theatre work. However, as part of UT's 1986 Guest Artist in Printmaking Program, Wilson made two suites of prints. 'Alcestis' is named for the wife of King Admetus from Euripides' eponymous 438 BC Greek tragedy who offers herself as a sacrifice upon learning that her husband will die unless he can find another to take his place. 'Alceste' illustrates Wilson's stage design for Christoph Willibald Gluck's 1767 opera of the same name, based on Euripides' myth. 'Robert Wilson in Four Acts' presents these suites alongside a study for Alceste and video documentation of Wilson's production of Gluck's opera.