Emmett Williams, Censored, 1991

serigraphy/paper
22.5 x 21 cm

edition: 17/45
Signed and dated p.d.: "Emmett Williams MCMXCI" and inscribed and numbered l.d.: "CENSORED XVII/XLV"


American poet and visual artist. Coordinator of the Fluxus art group in Europe.
Williams was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but lived in Europe for many years. In the 1960s, Williams was the European coordinator of the Fluxus art group and worked closely with French artist Robert Filliou and was a founding member of Domaine Poetique in Paris. Williams was friends with Václav Havel during his dissident years. He translated some of Havel's works into English. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, Williams was editor-in-chief of Something Else Press. He died in Berlin in 2007.