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Robert Watts
Director 1923 - 1988

Robert Watts

Burlington, Iowa, USA

Robert Marshall Watts (1923–1988) was an American artist best known for his work as a member of the international group of artists Fluxus. Born in Burlington, Iowa June 14, 1923, he became Professor of Art at Douglass College, Rutgers University, New Jersey in 1953, a post he... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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Trace No. 24

Trace No. 24

Robert Watts 1966 1m

Begins with a picture of Marilyn Monroe, then shifts to a female body, shot from belly button down, which is wriggling under piles of cellophane.

Trace No. 23

Trace No. 23

Robert Watts 1966 3m

Begins with a shot of a demarcation line on an asphalt tennis court. A hand points to the distant landscape, then numbers 408 and 409 appear on a female torso. The female then passes different decorated plastic hot dogs, banana shapes suggestively between her legs, through her armpits, etc. Ends with an egg floating on water.

Trace No. 22

Trace No. 22

Robert Watts 1966 3m

Begins with a picture of Marilyn Monroe, then shifts to a female body, shot from belly button down, which is wriggling under piles of cellophane.

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