Austin Kleon

Posted on January 28, 2010 - by Kate

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As I’ve mentioned before, my friend Philae is basically my source for all things good and right in the contemporary art world. She just took an amazing new job at 20×200 and thus far she has already been exposing me to such great artists/reminding me to continually check in on the site as they get new works regularly.

Austin Kleon is one artist up on the site now and his works are part of his “Newspaper Blackout” series where he takes a permanent market and a newspaper and writes/makes poetry by eliminating the words he doesn’t need.

He’s turned the concept into a book as well — and is selling a few select prints. Ironically, he lives in Austin, TX too — a town I love for all of its creativity, music, and food. More to come from the coffers of 20×200 I’m sure as time goes on — there are inside out, re-imagined teddy bears up there now too that I may have to post as well!