Non Photo Blues by Zachery Lechtenberg

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Zachery Lechtenberg

Influenced by obsessions.
Obsessed with collecting.
How goods are sold, packaged, presented.
Leave it closed or to be opened.
Worn or kept as a keepsake.
The non-existent struggles created process dictated by material,
where the hand can or cannot be seen.
Narrative is created by this and narrative created to embellish this.
/Zachery Lechtenberg

In his mid-twenties, Zachery Lechtenberg is a member of what we currently term "the skateboard generation". Diligent and directed, he is an illustrator who has been influenced by contemporary cartoon imagery, particularly the work of Matt Groening, best known for the comic strip Life in Hell and animated series, The Simpsons. Lectenberg conceives his own goofy but lovable characters that inhabit a world populated with artefacts from our "collectable culture". A collector himself, he focuses on designer toys and other examples of pop memorabilia.

Born and raised in the Midwest, amid dense cornfields and flowing rivers, Lechtenberg claims to have developed his personal narrative to avoid boredom. He received a BFA from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois and MFA from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he studied with the legendary Robert Ebendorf, who considers Lectenberg's voice unique among the legion of young artists working today. For his MFA thesis, Lectenberg designed an installation in the guise of a pop-up store that...