Dallas museum buys junk mail art
January 23rd, 2009Artist Annette Lawrence's "Free Paper" exhibit is creating quite a buzz. Currently on display at Flatbed Press in Austin, the exhibit uses junk mail collected for an entire year, broken into months, creating a powerful visual of just how much junk shows up on our doorsteps. And the Dallas Museum of Art just bought the December stack!
This exhibit is part of Austin Green Art, and they've been working with the Do Not Mail campaign to spread the word about the damage all that unwanted paper causes. Check out this local news coverage:
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