Untitled
2003 · Watercolor, ink, felt-tip pen, and pencil on paper
11 x 8 1/4" (27.9 x 20.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Friedrich Kunath
1974
PaintingContemporary
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37
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- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
- LocationGallery Hauser· 80%
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Friedrich Kunath makes paintings, sculptures, drawings, and videos he describes as "Sunshine and Noir," crossing abstraction with representation and realism with surrealism to produce tragicomic vignettes steeped in irony and pathos. His work channels popular culture, art history, and the psychic landscape of Los Angeles, rendering universal experiences of love, loss, hope, and dejection through colorful, dreamlike compositions that juxtapose heavy impasto with delicate watercolor washes.
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Braunschweig University of Art
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