1,000 Words

Barbara Hashimoto makes art from junk mail

For White Trash and Junk Mail, artist Barbara Hashimoto collected, then shredded the junk mail sent to a local architecture firm over the course of one year—ultimately more than 3,000 cubic feet of paper.

Thru Dec 31. Chicago Arts District, 2003 S Halsted. 312-738-8000.

Photography: Archie Florcruz ( Barbara Hasimoto, Junk Mail Landscape, Installation, 2008)

This article appears in the September 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine.

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