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Zander Raymond
@zanderraymond.bsky.social
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artist + musician
chicago, il

www.zanderraymond.com
www.zanderraymond.bandcamp.com
raymond.zander@gmail.com
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i had a very nice weekend
quissy (11 year old white and grey ragdoll) and ramp (7 month old grey siberian) both sitting on a chair looking my direction nolan standing on our front stairs with two big black trashbags full of vintage clothes we found at an estate sale nolan posing outside in the sun in his perfect outfit before dinner
April 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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“001_0763”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a deep purple background. atop the background is an unfolded lighter purple envelope. there are four identical small printed images of a woman rollerskating equally spaced and decending from the top left to bottom right corner. on the left edge is two sets of numbers counting to 5.
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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a salad with corn and brussels sprouts and red onion and cilantro and lemon juice/zest and salt and pepper
March 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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chicago people, come by my studio on march 29th between 11am and 7pm! email for location + other details!
a collage flyer for an open studio event! reads: id like to invite you to an OPEN STUDIO EVENT on 3 29 2025 from 11am to 7pm collages, drawings, sculpture, & other things to see... drinks & deals... rsvp via email: raymond.zander(at)gmail.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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“001_0713”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a beige background with a transparent plastic overlayed the top of it. the plastic has horizontal slits in it to accommodate small strips of gridded sticker tape. at the top of the composition there is a dense amount of this gridded sticker tape, in the shape of a long horizontal rectangle. green dot stickers are layered beneath the plastic and above and slip out from the edges of it. there is a yellow square of paper in the bottom right corner that has a barcode and a number that is obscured by a green sticker on it. to the left of that there is a small collection of shaky marks made with a ballpoint pen.
March 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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“001_0716”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a orange background with a piece of sun faded notebook paper atop. the notebook paper has a large head on portrait of a horse.
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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“001_0701”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a baby blue background. on the left side there is a third of a printed image of sidewalk with a white border on three edges. to the right of the image is a grid of oval shaped labels stuck to a piece of transparent paper laid atop a yellow drawing with a drawn shaky arrow pointing to the top left corner of the composition.
February 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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these three laminated collages from july/august 2022 left the studio this week, some of my earlier explorations of what was possible in making these.

“001_0032”
“001_0042”
“001_0044”
laminated collages
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring an image of a firework taped to a small piece of white paper, floated in the center of the collage. there are orange and white labels laid down behind the image. this one features a large amount of clear plastic space around the collage which is a rarity. a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring large letters traced in graphite on white paper. the legible letters are “G” “H” and “F.” on top of the letters is a group of yellow oval stickers that dance around a graphite mark that stretches from the bottom right corner to the top left corner. a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a blown up scan of a book with most of the text obscured by large yellow rub down transfer lines.
February 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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“001_0313”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a yellow background with a piece of lined paper layered on top. only the edges of the composition reveal the yellow under layer as the lined paper is nearly the same size. on the reverse of the lined paper you can see traces of cursive handwriting. in the center of the composition is a photogram of a leaf made in a darkroom.
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“001_0586”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a large light grey background with a small strip of beige horizontally across the bottom. atop the grey lays 4 black rectangles organized in a grid that read “step 3 part a,” “step 4 part b,” “step 5 part c,” “part e.” to the right of the rectangles is a piece of drywall tape that has bits and pieces of grass stuck in the gridded adhesive.
February 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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“001_0453”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a grid paper background with graphite marks on it. atop this background is a folded piece of sun damaged sheer paper that is a warm rich beige color in the overlaps. in the center of the composition there is a series of three black and white photographs side by side depicting how to apply a sticky piece of vinyl to a surface. there is a hand peeling back the backing of the vinyl, smoothing it down, then peeling it up.
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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“001_0147”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a beige/grey background. centered on the right is a white piece of paper with equally spaced and descending in scale squares taped to the background with yellow tape. to the left of the drawing with squares is a small collection of white “windsor” letraset scraps. folded over the top edge is a strip of orange paper that hangs over the whole composition like a scarf.
February 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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“001_0717”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a sun damaged baby blue piece of paper with reenforced hole punches along the right edge. tucked into the bottom left corner of the composition is a large photograph of a wall with three dark lines on it (presumably something dripping) with a diagonal shadow casted upon them.
February 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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“001_0721”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a central “comma” shaped grid pattern overlaid upon two pieces of white paper held together with a piece of yellow tape. on either side of the composition there is green rectangular shapes with six whole punches.
February 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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this one is from 2023!

“001_0149”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a black and white photograph that takes up the bulk of the pictorial space with the exception of a thin yellow border around the edge. the photograph is of the shadow of a figure casted on the sidewalk of chicago’s downtown ‘loop’ in late august, when the infamous “chicago henge” occurs (worth a google search). on top of the photograph is a piece of corrective tape that is black on one side and white on the reverse, it is laid atop in the shape of a rounded rectangle circling the figure.
February 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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really excited to have had the opportunity to work on the album art + layout for @maciestewart.bsky.social’s new one on @intlanthem.bsky.social! it’s such a beautiful beautiful record! 💙
album cover for macie stewart’s “when the distance is blue” on international anthem. the image is of a photocopied image of a mountain range with a road in the foreground printed atop a combination of beige, green, and blue paper. the print is obstructed by a fold in the paper. vinyl mock up for macie stewart’s “when the distance is blue” on international anthem. the image is of a photocopied image of a mountain range with a road in the foreground printed atop a combination of beige, green, and blue paper. the print is obstructed by a fold in the paper.
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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coming up later this month— 2/22 8pm duo with @maciestewart.bsky.social, in support of @hourdayweek.bsky.social at judson and moore! @jasoncalhoun.bsky.social will be opening as well!
a flyer for a concert on february 22nd at judson and moore in chicago il at 8pm. macie stewart & zander raymond duo, jason calhoun in support of hour, a band from philadelphia! the show is located at 3057 n rockwell st bldg 5, tickets are $15 & the show is 21+
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“001_0588”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a large piece of peeled off paint in verso to reveal a wood texture from the surface the paint was applied to originally atop a white background. upon a closer look, there is text that is obscured by the folding of the page its printed on over itself, as well as a blue rectangle in the bottom left quadrant. there is one snippet of text that remains legible that reads “ride a bicycle,”
February 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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part 2!

elena ailes x2 (@typoaspraxis.bsky.social)
michael madrigali
neiva mulhern
a floor based sculpture by elena ailes that features two equally and modestly sized pieces of fabric soaked in silver nitrate laying neatly side by side. on top of one of the pieces is a intricately crafted rectangle of stone netting. the “ghost” of this piece of netting is left on the surface of the other piece of fabric due to the chemical reaction from the sun. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago. an image of a large corner of a warehouse space with a floor based sculpture by elena ailes camouflaged into the architecture. it is an intricately woven piece of stone netting that is roughly the size of a human. it’s wonderfully scrunched up to warp the grid like pattern of the work. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago. three floor based sculptures by michael madrigali that resemble skyscrapers at a miniature scale. all three are painted white and are fantastical in their form. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago. a wall work by neiva mulhern. the composition of the work is landscape with a layer of black fabric slicked across a piece of matte board. in the top left quadrant of the composition there is a small sliver of a photograph of a domino sculpture with a small burgundy pin next to it stuck into the substrate. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago.
February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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part 1 of some of the work i saw today in “by bye avondale”

it was really a wonderful group of work and artists in such a wide open space! click through for visual ID’s!

shir ende
david sprecher
max guy
lindsey dorr-niro
a photograph of a video work by shir ende projected on large on a wall in an empty room. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago. a relief wall work by david sprecher that is of a 3d scan of a volcano. the dust from the process of making the work is gathered on wood flooring below. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago. a large scale photographic work (presumably scanner bed made) by max guy. the work depicts the same alarm clock scanned one minute apart. the top one at 4:03, and the bottom at 4:04. along the left edge of the work is another printed image of the same composition but far smaller. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago. a floor based sculpture by lindsey dorr-niro. the shape of the work over all is similar to a backward captial L made of a black substrate. on top of this form is 4 rectangular forms with various relief mold making style objects on top. there are several rocks, a shard of bark from a tree, and yellow and orange paper. apart of the “by bye avondale” exhibition in chicago.
February 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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“001_0608”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
a laminated collage with a portrait composition featuring a large central black form that is a smushed plastic bag, atop a yellowish beige piece of paper with a faint drawing of a parrot on it. there are two rectangular forms at the center toward the top. one is yellow and one is white.
February 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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a brown and white stray cat a stray orange cat perched in a tree a stray tabby cat lounging in some grass
February 1, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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“001_0564”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
January 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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“001_0718”
laminated collage
11.5 x 9”
laminated collage featuring a blue unfolded envelope atop a piece of graph paper with an ink resist drawing of the outline of a piece of paper
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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crazy spider…..
a dark night sky with faint highlights of a spiders web cascading from the center. in the center there is a large spider nearly the size of a key lime.
January 27, 2025 at 4:18 AM