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Scott Helmes
Ars Poetica:
My poetry
is concerned with stretching the limits of language, exploring the
multifaceted concepts of meaning, and encompassing all manners of
reading. It also explores the concepts of typography, printing methods,
and letter forms within the modern meaning of communication. The
extension beyond the oral traditions of poetry is accomplished by
a variety of techniques and materials: rubberstamps, stencils, typography
manipulation, and xerox/collage forms. The viewer is intended to
become an active participant in the 'reading' of the work, infusing
their intellectual and emotional readings along with my authorship.
Scott Helmes'
recent books include 3 Visual Poets: Ernst, Helmes, Rosenberg
and Thought Bubbles (Helmes and K.S. Ernst). He has been
published in over 80 magazines in 17 countries, including such publications
as Paris Review, White Walls, Against Infinity Anthology, WestEast
Anthology, Minnesota Monthly, The Midwest Quarterly, Dictionary
of the Avant-Gardes 2nd Ed., xtant, and fugue. His work
has been collected in numerous museums, including Museum of Modern
Art-New York, Victoria & Albery Museum-London, Biblioteque Nationale
de France-Paris, Museum for Kunsthandwerk-Frankfurt, Museum of Contempory
Art-Chicago, Yale University, Harvard University, Brown University,
and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
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