R. Prost/ Minimalism

‘’I was born and raised in Chicago. My background is in literature more than the visual arts. I have always been interested in both the visual aspects of language and the contexts in which language is found. I make visual poems, altered books, and literary objects. While I am not a minimalist in the art-historical sense, I am drawn to work that is understated and has the potential for opening outwards in the mind. The effort is to engage the eye without confusing it. I consider myself a bricoleur. I use what is at hand. What seems to be always at hand is language. Being self-taught, I haven't learned the proper way to make art. I interpret that to mean that I can't make mistakes. All my work comes from the same core. There is an old Chinese adage to which I subscribe: "Only plain food has real taste." I use an economy of means so that the words are not unduly burdened by their surroundings. The goal is to have a conjunction of meaning and environment become a new entity with attributes all its own.’’