From KXAN-TV News (NBC affiliate in Austin, TX), 1/19/09
When junk mail arrives in the mail, most either throw it in their recycle bin or toss it in the garbage, but one woman sees it as art. "I was a bit bothered by the amount of paper that came into my home," said artist Annette Lawrence. Instead of tossing it in the recycle bin, Lawrence decided to save every piece of it. "It is a year's worth of junk mail torn into two inch wide strips and stacked and bound," said Lawrence. "You know, each mail carrier in the U.S. carries 18 tons of junk mail each person," said Randy Jewart, director of Austin Green Art, which is helping promote this exhibit, called Free Paper, as a way for the community to check out the Do Not Mail campaign on the Internet. Some who check out the exhibit may notice one month is missing. "The month of December is missing, because it was bought by the Dallas Museum of Art ," said Lawrence. The public can buy some free paper, too. "Each stake is $10,000, and it comes with a box that is custom-built," said Lawrence. The goal is for the public to view junk mail in a whole new light. The Free Paper exhibit runs through Feb. 6 at the Flatbed Press, and admission is free.
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