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Robert Lach
Robert Lach's photography, assemblage, and sculptures are created from scavenged materials from New Jersey's postindustrial landscape. The inspiration is in the hunt; spontaneity and surprises fuel the work. According to Lach, his "adventure with the found" began when he discovered an abandoned factory complex in Newark NJ. He photographed the remnants of pin up women immortalized by factory workers and combined these photos with doors from the factory site and nearby junkyards to create photographic sculptures. "My work is about change, being present, and the passage of time. What is an object's history? What is its life cycle? The energy that matter possesses cannot be destroyed - only transformed into a new form. We must create new relationships with what we throw away."
