William Keith was an American artist who began his artistic life as a painter, but moved into photography and visual poetry. His visual poetry ran a full gamut from calligrams inspired by Apollinaire and other early 20th Century French poets to Lettrisme to the Minimalism and Op Art of the 1960s. As his work developed, Keith concentrated increasingly on African and African-American themes and sources. This development toward African roots and branches led away from … Continue reading Profile: Bill Keith (1929-2004)