Charles Gute / Find-a-Text Puzzle Fun! Artworld Edition

For many years, Brooklyn-based Charles Gute has worked with text as a primary material both as a conceptual artist and as a freelance editor of art books.  The Find-a-Text Puzzle Fun! book accompanied a body of work by Gute that consisted of gallery canvases printed images of each of the puzzles-- this publication emulates the look and feel of mass-market puzzle books and effectively functions as a catalogue raisonné for this body of work.  Unlike popular word search puzzles that commonly contain hidden words grouped around pop cultural themes such as television or sports, these austere text grids contain names and references that are grounded firmly within the realm of high art.  96-page paperback book Originally published in conjunction with Gute's 2007 exhibition at Jason Rulnick Gallery Charles Gute is a New York–based artist and editor. After studying classical music for many years, Gute shifted his focus to visual art, receiving an MFA in New Genres from the San Francisco Art