The contemporary art gallery MEM (Multiply Encoded Messages), founded by Katsuya Ishida, presents the first public exhibition of eleven drawings created in 1975 for Einstein on the Beach, the seminal opera by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson.
In the fall of 1975, Wilson worked in seclusion at Barcelona Point, the Long Island home of his close collaborator and friend Christophe de Menil. There, he produced a remarkable body of drawings that crystallized the visual and conceptual foundations of Einstein on the Beach. Meditations on rhythm, space, and light, these works reveal the private origins of one of the most influential theatre productions of the 20th century.
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