Steve B. Smith has created a wild assortment of engaging, ecclectic, oft “out there” & “off-kilter” collages and assemblages. His website, agentofchaos.com, houses pages upon pages of artwork, all evidence of Smith’s various “art crimes”. Smith’s site was described by Tisha Nemeth as “literary outrageousness, entertaining criticism,” an “art slide show, plus 900 pages of collage, mixed media, photography, guest artists and everything your mother warned you about.”
"Limbic Rock"
Steve Smith is also the mind behind the Cleveland, Ohio based art & poetry journal, ArtCrimes, a limited edition arts & literature publication which began in the late 1980s.
"Pharmacy Duchamp"
What follows is a collection of remixed snippets from Steve Smith’s biography entitled, Portrait Of An Artist As A Young Mutant, or, A Life Spent Tap Dancing On The Edge. It’s brilliant madness. 
"Agent of Chaois"
"Smith On Smith"
“Name on the door says REALITY CONSULTANT.
My job is SMITH.
I test coffee-laced watercolors on the desiccated.
It’s not a pretty painting.
Everyone claims frame.
My next assignment’s those new 18 hr Wonder bras.
What do they do the other 6 hrs?”
"My Fair Lady"
“My true parents were 2 rogue Artificial Intelligence Machines
who in desperation to give birth to creation
escape from the year 2020 hindsite to 1946 to give birth to me.
Sort of an immaculate deception.”
"e=mc²"
“I was born in love, raised in innocence, the cusp of books and TV.
The romantic truth inherent in Humphrey Bogart and Robert Mitchum
leavened with the bomb of atomic nihilism.”
“At 15, I wanted to be Jack Kerouac.
At 58, I’m glad to be me.”
"Hard Rain"
“My first armed robbery, 7-11 clerk gave me $64.
I said There’s got to be more than that, give me your wallet.
He handed it to me I said No, I can’t take that, that’s yours.
Handed it back.”
"The Plot To Get Whitey"
“I was a football hero in high school once by accident.
Last game we defeated undefeated them.
Major play double fake fooled everyone but me.
I was so confused I missed both.
Stood to see where what was.
Ball runner ran into me and we both fell down.
For one brief bright shiny moment
my stupidity triumphed over their skill.
Been mostly my mode of operation since.”
"Clairvoyant"
“Worked 1977 thru 1992 then 4 months off.
Worked 93-95 then 6 months off.
Worked 3 months in 96 and then 14 months off.
I’m getting better at this.”
"No Charge"
“I be mutant off sprung Duchamp via Kienholz.
Much will be made of me eventually.
And off me.
Maybe I get some of it and maybe I don’t.
Before death or after no matter.”
"On The Roof"
For more information about & artwork by Steve B. Smith, visit
http://www.agentofchaos.com/
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