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Frank Kunert. Carpe Diem
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Edited by: Frank Kunert
Designed by: Marie Mick
Artist: Frank Kunert
Texts by: Peter Lindhorst, Eva-Maria von Máriássy
Deutsch, Englisch
October 2022, 80 Pages
, 40 Photos
Hardcover
230mm x
230mm
ISBN:978-3-7757-5291-6
| The Absurdity of the Everyday
Frank Kunert's works are as ambiguous as life itself. Constantly questioning the human condition, the artist translates his interpretations of the world into meticulous miniature models and captures them photographically. Kunert's constructions contain intelligent observations about the delicate task of balancing work and life, or the whimsicality of the everyday. Following his illustrated volumes Topsy-Turvy World, Wonderland and Lifestyle, Carpe Diem reveals the contradictions of our existence—between euphoria and impending misery. Comedy and tragedy are closely intertwined in the work of model maker and photographer: Kunert leads us into a parallel universe that seems surreal yet strangely familiar.
FRANK KUNERT's (*1963, Frankfurt am Main) interest was initially focused on landscape photography. During his training as a photographer in the 1980s he came to know and love studio work. Since then, he has gradually specialized in designing and photographing miniature models.
FRANK KUNERT's (*1963, Frankfurt am Main) interest was initially focused on landscape photography. During his training as a photographer in the 1980s he came to know and love studio work. Since then, he has gradually specialized in designing and photographing miniature models.
EXHIBITION
Stadtmuseum Schleswig
December 9, 2022 – March 12, 2023
Stadtmuseum Schleswig
December 9, 2022 – March 12, 2023
»Menschenleere Welten - absurde Architektur, das sind die Fotografien von Frank Kunert.«
SWR
»Er spielt mit den Betrachter*innen. Nach der Entzückung die Irritation und dann die Erkenntnis: alles ist vergänglich.«
3sat Kulturzeit
»Kunert verwandelt biederes Wohndesign oder Büroräume in absurde Szenen ohne realistischen Ausweg. Fantastisch!«
Die ZEIT
Diese Künstleredition ist exklusiv bei uns erhältlich
Edition Hatje Cantz
Frank Kunert: Geschlossene Gesellschaft, 2011
Geschlossene Gesellschaft nennt Frank Kunert sprachgewitzt diese Arbeit, die er als Edition für uns ausgewählt hat: Buchstabengetreu setzt er den geläufigen Begriff bildlich um, stellt vertraute Vorstellungen – wie in einem Nonsens-Gedicht von Robert Gernhardt – auf den Kopf, gibt ihnen eine dreidimensionale Gestalt und macht sie dabei im wahrsten Sinne begreifbar.
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