Research Archive

John Fekner and Don Leicht were invited to participate in the outdoor street exhibition Welling Court Mural Project organized by Ad Hoc Art in Queens, NY. After a preliminary visit to the site, they decided to paint on a wall directly facing the Two Coves Community Garden and the NYCHA Astoria Houses Development.  The location of their collaborative site-specific work was important for two reasons: not only did it connect with the communities’ thriving volunteer-run urban garden; it also provided a platform to address the catastrophic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest of this entry »

Fekner visits Fashion Moda in 1979 which leads to his installation of NO TV/READ which is simultaneously shown at P. S. 1 and Galerie S:t Petri -Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art in Lund, Sweden. In the window of Fashion Moda, Fekner creates an installation with a TV set, a stenciled logo and a statement in both English and Spanish in February 1980. Read the rest of this entry »

By John Fekner & Don Leicht

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Summer/Fall 2009
John Fekner & Don Leicht
“This is Art” Galleri Jonas Kleerup and various locations in Stockholm, Sweden 2009

The Continuing Story of the Space Invaders

The Continuing Story of the Space Invaders consists of Green-Turn Green, READ (The End of Reading In A Straight Line) and Renegade Space Invaders. Our intention was to create a message-driven project that was stark, lean and concise. Our concern is to raise consciousness about the environment through our art. Is beauty only seen within a gallery setting? Can it be on the pavement?  Is it on the street? On the glass? In a bank? Perhaps on a screen? Is it an observation, a critique or a question?

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Poster and Video Project

John Fekner & Don Leicht
This collaborative poster and video project was specifically created and installed in Sweden, ranked (3rd) with Norway (2nd) and Switzerland (1st) on the global list of countries according to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University. To see how your country is rated: http://epi.yale.edu

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John Fekner & Don Leicht
KunstBuroBerlin, Germany
Kinder auf der Flucht/Children on the Run
Parcels for the Promised Land

May 16th – June 12th 2009
Group exhibition curated by Ruth Martius & Shahram Entekhabi
http://www.kunstbueroberlin.de/aktuell.html
(Donated artwork sales for www.savethechildren.org)

Sisters Brothers
Your Space Has Been Invaded
Paint, plastic, rubber and text
36″x72″
2009

Artists’ Statement

“Dedicated to the children of the world who are without food to eat, much less things to draw with”
The work represents four individual children in a united cluster standing above a black rubber barrier as a symbol for the Gaza strip. The belt, which could potentially inflict wounds, is distressed and cracked. The two girls are red and purple in color, and the two boys are black and blue, indicative of beating and bruising. The children resist and stand together with a will and determination to move forward despite any adversity.

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Wooster on Spring

Dec 15-17, 2006
John Fekner & Don Leicht
Beauty’s Only Street Deep
Wooster on Spring
Candle Building, 11 Spring Street NYC

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Statement of work

Don Leicht

“Through the years, we have been very fortunate to combine what we do. I play my instrument. He plays his. And when the time comes, we play together. The greatest competition between us is to reach for the same goal aesthetically and conceptually and communicate it.”

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Don Leicht (b. NYC) lives in the Bronx.

John Fekner (b. NYC) lives in Queens.

Fekner pursues fine arts as an undergraduate student at the New York Institute
of Technology and works as an assistant with artists associated with the 55 Mercer
Street Gallery located in Soho (1968-72). At the same time, Leicht attends the
School of Visual Arts studying with Richard Artschwager, Steve Reich and Robert
Ryman.

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