After spending his childhood searching for the perfect rock, Brent Doster became an art school drop out and theological junky. He now resides in Shawnee Kansas, with his wife Melissa and their dog, Ally Gator. Brent enjoys making funny faces when he is nervous, coloring faces on his erasers and pretending they are his friends and blowing things up inside his head.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Since about 1998 I have been heavily influenced by the world of graffiti writing and the implicit linguistic questions which underlie its construction (questions of legibility style and identification). This coupled with my philosophical/theological interest in language has inspired the works that I have created since that time. The art that I now make is centered around letters drawn in a graffiti style. By painting letters which stand alone and whose identity is either elucidated or obfuscated by their composition, I emphasize the importance of context to interpretation while also stressing the elasticity and playfulness of language. In the end, what remains true of these relatively simple works is that language is neither totally relative nor objective. It is, in final view, a combination of the two.
NEW WORKS
CONTACT
For further inquiries regarding the showing or acquisition of these works contact Brent Doster at: named@att.net My Space
