RobertWatts

Biography
Robert Watts (1923 Burlington, Iowa, USA – 1988 Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, USA) was among the most enigmatic protagonists of Fluxus. With Brecht, Watts organized the Yam Festival, a legendary project that combined mail art, Fluxus, and intermedia through a unique artistic platform and an exceptional program. By promoting the transient side of events and Happenings with their unrestricted and anti-commercial nature, Yam’s first phase involved collecting and distributing event cards by mail. Watts’s interventions with Fluxus publications, events, and festivals are countless, producing works such as Flux Timekit (1967), A Flux Atlas (1973), and Light Flux Kit (1973). With the same willingness to radically enter everyday life, Watts created objects, posters, and temporary tattoos for Implosions Inc., a company Maciunas founded together with the businessman Herman Fine in 1967 to mass produce easy-to-distribute works. Watts strongly supported the Fluxhouse Cooperatives, the extensive rehabilitation program for SoHo based on collective ownership. His works are held in collections at The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Tate in London, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Artworks (164)
- Jacques Spacagna, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Tit Box, 1984 - Richard Kostelanetz, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
G.M. as a Student of Dr. Hyde, 1987 - Arrigo Lora-Totino, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Cloud Music for Addie, 1979 - Fritz Schwegler, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1985 - Robert Watts
Dollar Bills, 1987 - Robert Watts
Flux Med (complete set), 1987, 1990 - Arthur Aeschbacher, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Robert Watts
See Alice, Through the Looking Glass, 1987 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5, 1984 - Robert Watts
Untitled , 1971 - Robert Watts
Safe Post / K.U.K. Feldpost / Jockpost, 1984 - Robert Watts
Mules Need It Too, 1987, 1990 - Robert Watts
Franco in Space, 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux Cure, 1987 - Robert Watts
Flux Med (complete set), 1987, 1990 - Robert Watts
Safe Post / K.U.K. Feldpost / Jockpost, 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux Tickle, 1987 - Edith Adam, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
NY Health Club 1873, 1987 - Augusto de Campos, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
Dr. Bob, 1987 - Robert Watts
The Watts Box, 1984 - Robert Watts
Jewellery, 1984 - Ilse Garnier, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Erika Stocker, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Mieko Shiomi, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1995 - Robert Watts
Objects for Implosions Inc. - Marshall McLuhan, 1967 - Robert Watts
There is a Man, 1987 - Robert Watts
Anniversary Piano (description), 1987 - Erik Dietman, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
Objects for Implosions Inc. - Bathing Suit…, 1967 - Robert Watts
Mona Lisa Pin - Robert Watts
Flux Transplant, 1987 - Geoffrey Hendricks, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Haroldo de Campos, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Roy Adzak, Anna Banana, Roberto Comini, Robert…
20 Jahre Rainer Verlag, 1986 - Maser, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Sergio Cena, Geoffrey Hendricks, Arrigo Lora-Totino,…
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5 - Gustav Metzger, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Tattoo 102, 1967, 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux Listening Post: Music of the Spheres, 1987 - Robert Watts
Dsgn. Franco´s Door by Dr. Bob, 1987 - Claudio Costa, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Robert Watts, Emmett Williams
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Dollar Bills, 1987 - Robert Watts
Flux Disc, 1987 - Robert Watts
American Supermarket, 1964 - Robert Watts
Flux Med (complete set), 1987, 1990 - Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus (Accessories), 1984 - Robert Watts
Initiation of the Mysteries (N.O.W.), 1987, 1990 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Flux Med, 1987 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Milan Knížák, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Objects for Implosions Inc. - Uderpants, 1967 - Jean-François Bory, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1993 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5, 1984 - Robert Watts
Art Rat No. 2, 1942, 1982 - Robert Watts
20th Anniversary Fluxus Edition, 1984 - Robert Watts, Emmett Williams
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1985 - Décio Pignatari, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Eric Andersen, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht,…
Hommage à Arthur Köpcke, 1979 - Robert Watts
The Man Who Has Everything, 1987, 1990 - Jean Dupuy, Alice Hutchins, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
"Wouldn't It Be Great if...?", 1987 - Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1987 - Robert Watts
Screwing Around With Zinc, 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux Med (complete set), 1987, 1990 - Gerhard Rühm, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Light Flux Kit, 1973 - Ludwig Gosewitz, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
Flux Med, 1987 - Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5 - Robert Watts
Flux Med, 1987 - Robert Watts
Underpants. Implosions, Inc., 1967 - Robert Watts
Flux Courtship, 1987, 1990 - Coryl Crane, Allan Kaprow, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Pierre Garnier, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Jacques Donguy, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
Safe Post / K.U.K. Feldpost / Jockpost, 1984 - Robert Watts
High Tech Display, 1987 - Robert Watts
New Yorker Cartoon, 1987 - Robert Watts
Vulcan: God of the Vapors, 1987, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Lamb Chop Table, 1984 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Dick Higgins, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Robert Watts
Buddha at Work, 1987 - Robert Watts
Jewellery, 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux Med (complete set), 1987, 1990 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Egyptians Had a Word for It, 1987 - Robert Watts
Flux Med, 1987 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Sergio Cena, Arrigo Lora-Totino, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
Carving by Night, 1987, 1990 - Milan Knížák, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Alvin Lucier, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Mark Brusse, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
"X-Ray Eyes", 1987 - Robert Watts
"How in the World Does She Do It?", 1987 - Robert Watts
Flux S & M, 1987 - Robert Watts
Going Up, 1987, 1990 - Robert Ashley, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Henri Chopin, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
Out of the Mouths of Babes, 1987 - Robert Watts
Cabbage, 1964, 1984 - John Furnival, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1988 - Robert Watts
Safe Post / K.U.K. Feldpost / Jockpost, 1984 - Robert Watts
Notes and Sketches 1964-1966, 1979 - Robert Watts
007 In Disguise, 1987, 1990 - Dick Higgins, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1987 - Serge III Oldenbourg, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Portrait "Franco in Space", 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux archeology with flat mouse, 1982 - Robert Watts
Flux Med (complete set), 1987, 1990 - Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5, 1984 - Robert Watts
Alice Waiting for the Deluge, 1987, 1990 - Philip Corner, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1985 - Robert Watts
Lamb Chop Table, 1984 - Robert Watts
Anniversary Piano, 1987 - Gerhard Rühm, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Notes and Sketches 1964-1966, 1979 - John Giorno, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1988 - Geoffrey Hendricks, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1991 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Fluxus 20th Anniversary Edition, 1984 - Harry Ruhé, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Knud Pedersen, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1985 - Robert Watts
New Yorker Cartoon, 1987 - Serge III Oldenbourg, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1992 - Robert Watts
Mephisto Is at It Again, 1987, 1990 - Robert Lax, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5, 1984 - Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Robert Watts
Flux Twin Game, 1987 - Alison Knowles, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Benjamin Patterson, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Robert Watts
Portrait "Franco in Space", 1984 - Robert Watts
Untitled, 1971 - Décio Pignatari, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1992 - Eric Andersen, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1986 - Philip Corner, Alain Gibertie, Eilen Gruber,…
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1992 - Robert Watts
Safe Post / K.U.K. Feldpost / Jockpost, 1984 - Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Jean Dupuy, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1990 - Robert Watts
Yam Flug / 5 Post 5 - Robert Watts
Hydro Flux, 1987