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Friedrich Kunath

Chemnitz, Alemania. 1974
Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlín, Alemania, 2023.

Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlín, Alemania, 2023.

Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlín, Alemania, 2023.

Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlín, Alemania, 2023.

Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlín, Alemania, 2023.

Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

KINDL Center for Contemporary Art, Berlín, Alemania, 2023.

There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling

CAC Málaga, España, 2023.

There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling

CAC Málaga, España, 2023.

There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling

CAC Málaga, España, 2023.

There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling

CAC Málaga, España, 2023.

There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling

CAC Málaga, España, 2023.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

The Things I Notice Now

Travesia Cuatro CDMX, 2021.

All Year Fears Trapped Inside

JTT, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 2019.

All Year Fears Trapped Inside

JTT, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 2019.

All Year Fears Trapped Inside

JTT, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 2019.

All Year Fears Trapped Inside

JTT, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 2019.

All Year Fears Trapped Inside

JTT, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 2019.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Where is the Madness that You Promised Me

Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica, 2018.

Juckreiz

Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania, 2016.

Juckreiz

Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania, 2016.

Juckreiz

Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania, 2016.

Juckreiz

Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania, 2016.

Juckreiz

Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania, 2016.

Juckreiz

Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania, 2016.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World

Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia, 2014.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Raymond Moody's Blues

Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Inglaterra, 2013.

Friedrich Kunath utiliza un estilo personal de conceptualismo romántico, superponiendo frases poéticas con imágenes conmovedoras y a menudo melancólicas. La obra abarca comedia y patetismo, evocando sentimientos universales de amor, esperanza, anhelo y desesperación. La trayectoria personal de Kunath de Alemania a Los Angeles desempeña un papel clave en su trabajo, incorporando el romanticismo alemán y la cultura popular occidental con bodegones, imágenes de dibujos animados, ilustración comercial, fotografía de naturaleza y referencias poéticas.

El artista estudió en Braunschweig University of Arts, Braunschweig, Alemania. Actualmente vive en Los Angeles, EEUU.

La primera gran monografía dedicada a la vida y obra de Kunath fue publicada en 2018 por Rizzoli Electa, e incluía textos de James Elkins, James Frey, Ariana Reines, y John McEnroe.

Kunath ha sido objeto de numerosas exposiciones individuales, que incluyen Table For Two For One, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, España; Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away, KINDL, Berlin, Alemania(2023); There Must Be A Spanish Word For This Feeling, CAC, Málaga, España (2023);  Repair is the Dream of a Broken Thing pt. 1 & pt. 2, 313 Art Project, Seúl, Corea del Sur (2022);  Life is Short and Days are Long, AVLSKARL, Copenhagen, Dinamarca (2021); The Things I Notice Now, Travesía Cuatro CDMX (2021); All Your Fears Trapped Inside, JTT, Nueva York, Estados Unidos (2019); Where is the Madness that You Promised Me, Tim van Laere Gallery, Amberes, Bélgica (2018); Juckreiz, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, Alemania (2016); A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World, Centre d’art Contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia (2014); Raymond Moody’s Blues, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, Reino Unido (2013); Your Life is Not for You, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Alemania (2012); Lonely Are the Free, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlín, Alemania (2011); Hammer Museum, Los Ángeles, EEUU (2010); Kunstsaele, Berlín, Alemania (2010); 7 x 14, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Alemania (2009); y Home Wasn’t Built in a Day, Kunstverein Hannover, Alemania (2009).

Su obra ha participado en algunas exposiciones colectivas como Growing Out? Growing up? Contemporary Art Collecting in the Baltics,  Zuzeum Art Center, Riga, Letonia (2022); Abrasive Paradise, Kunsthal KAdE, Países Bajos (2022); Ariana Papademtropoulos. The Emerald Tablet, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Ángeles, EEUU (2021); 5,471 Miles, Blum & Poe, Los Ángeles, EEUU (2020); Alien Escape, 303 Gallery, Nueva York, EEUU; Artists à la one: Togeth’Her, Monnaie de Paris, Francia; Weltschmerz, Kinman Gallery, Londres, Uk (2017); Fabriques du Sublime,Gallery Noisy-le-Sec, Francia (2005).

Su obra forma parte de colecciones públicas y privadas como Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, EEUU; Centre Pompidou, París, Francia; DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Atenas, Grecia; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, EEUU; Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, EEUU; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Ángeles, EEUU; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Ángeles, EEUU; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, EEUU; Museum of Modern Art, New York, EEUU; Pinault Collection, París, Francia; y Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, EEUU, entre otras muchas.

El artista vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos.