Robert Watts • Statements (1987)

In 1957 I began working on pieces involving electric light, with random circuitry, incandescent wire, plants and fish. One day in July 1958 I stopped painting…Since 1970 I have continued to explore methods and attitudes toward art utilizing my knowledge and experience with past art and archaeology, esoteric information, science and technology, natural phenomena, and print technology. I work with concepts first and methods secondarily, chosen to suit the thought at hand.                         —ROBERT WATTS (1987)

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My work is best described as conceptual utilizing a variety of techniques and materials appropriate to the idea, including commercial and industrial materials as well as light, heat, electronics, etc. Some works are static, some kinetic. Sources for ideas include natural substances and phenomena, geological and archaeological, sacred and profane, crazy and not so crazy, print and electronic media.

– Robert Watts, NY Art Review 1987