"by Dora Budor   “Rather than speak of a practice let’s look at what appears to be most necessary to achieve, and how I can work to make that happen, in the evolution of the species.” Thus reads a sentence from Peter Fend’s proclamation titled “IMPERATIVES—WHAT WE MUST DO.” Rendered in his signature Courier typeface and dated October 16, 2020, this austere raison d’être was on hand in Fend’s most recent exhibition,BIRDS REIGN (2020–21) at Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin.