NACHBARN/NEIGHBORS, a commissioned exhibition for the Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany Click here for more information.
Click to see installation views of the exhibition.
7 February – 29 May 2016
![Ken Aptekar, Führende Rolle, (“A Leading Role”), 60cm x 60cm (66cm x 66cm framed) silverpoint on claycoated paper](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1_SP_FuhrendeRollelo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ну, а тебе сегодня (“Somebody step on your foot today? So why are YOU so happy??”), 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2A_SP_HyaTebelo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ihr Hund hat wieder (“Your dog shit again in my kid's sandbox.”) 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2B_SP_IhrHundlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ой, вейзмир, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Oy vay! The Bureau of Labor got me!”) Note: because of draconian German governmental labor restrictions many Russian immigrants work in the black market to make enough money to live.](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4A_SP_OnBen3MNplo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Wir machen Urlaub. (“We're going away. Would you please bring in our mail?”) 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3_SP_WirMachenlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Hayırlı komşu, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“A good neighbor is better than bad family.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/4B_SP_HayirliKomsulo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ihr Baum behindert, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Your tree is blocking the sun from our garden, and the leaves are a real problem.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/5_SP_IhrBaumBehindertlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, У тебя что, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Don't you have the decency to give me a few rubles for transportation?”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6A_SP_YTE6RYTOlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Кишeн тухес, Вера! 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Kiss my ass, Vera!”) Note: Oft-quoted line from a popular Russian television series](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6B_SP_KNWeHTYXEClo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, дравствуйте, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“What a bunch of idiots I'm stuck with!”) Note: literally, “Hi! I'm now back in the terrarium of like-minded people.”](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7A_SP_APaBCTBYNTelo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Yoldan önce arkadaşı, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Don't choose which house to buy, get a good neighbor.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/7B_SP_YoldanOncelo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Oй, Коля (“Oy, Kolya. Did you read the papers today?”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8A_SP_OyKolyalo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ihre Nachricht, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Your message could not be delivered to one or more of the addresses.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8B_SP_IhreNachrichtlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, An sich spielt, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Not that it matters, but….”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/9A_SP_AnSichSpieltlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Hoş bulduk, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Good to have you!”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/9B_SP_HosBolduklo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Der Rauch Ihres Grills, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“The smoke from your barbecue is really annoying.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/10_SP_DerRauchlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Komşunun sakalını, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“If parts of your neighbor's beard are ripped off, shave off your whole beard.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/11_SP_Komsunumlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ya senin ne pişirdiğini, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Either your neighbor should not know what you are going to eat, or you should share it with him.”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12A_SP_YaSeninlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Ah, Саша, 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Sacha, come on over. I baked some delicious rolls!”)](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/12B_SP_AhCAWAlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
![Ken Aptekar, Deutsche Hörer! 2015, 60cm x 60cm, silverpoint on clay-coated paper (“Listen Up, Germans!”) Note: title of radio series against Hitler written by Lübeck author, Thomas Mann, and broadcast during WWII to Germany by the BBC in London](http://kenaptekar.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/13_SP_DeutscheHorerlo-res-1024x1024.jpg)
NACHBARN/NEIGHBORS, a commissioned exhibition for the Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany Click here for more information.
Click to see installation views of the exhibition.
7 February – 29 May 2016