Apex Art, NY
June 2008
Early in their careers, three of the artists exhibited in some of the same shows. Lester, not an artist
but the owner of a major food distribution company, did not. Years later at different times of their lives, their work presents a unified subject. A series of mushroom clouds from Robert Longo (2004), Michael
Smith's video, Mike Builds a Shelter (1985), Lester's billboard calling out a local preacher to "Love
Thy Neighbor" (2005), and a new piece by Peter Fend, Football Fields of The World (2008), which
explores geopolitics through an educational game for adults. While the histories of the artists,
including Lester who has a notable if not exemplary bomb shelter at his Pennsylvanian stone house, overlap or never did, for a day
the works collide.
Artist Checklist (pdf)
Installation view
Michael Smith, Mike Builds a Shelter, (video still), video 23:55 minutes,
1985
Robert Longo, Untitled (Mike Test/ Head of Goya), Glicee print, 2004
Robert Longo, Untitled (Marshall Island), Glicee print, 2004
Robert Longo, Untitled (Mike Test/ Head of Goya), Glicee print, 2004
Peter Fend, Soccer Fields of the
World: East vs. West,
North vs. South,
Dry North vs. Dry South,
Dry South vs. Wet North, 2008
All images copyright of artists.