Photography Hatje Cantz Verlag | Frank Kunert

Something Strange Is Going On In The Photographs By Frank Kunert (*1963 In Frankfurt Am Main): The Table Set For Two Has Been So Cleverly Built Around A Corner That Neither Of The Diners Has To See The Other, Yet They Can Both Watch Their Own Television. Or A Desk Has A Built-In Bed For The Much-Desired Office Nap. And The Outdoor Toilet Is Located Further Away Than One Might Hope For In An Emergency—Namely, On The Moon. Kunert, A Model Builder And Photographer, Creates Images Of This Kind In Weeks Of Painstaking Attention To Detail, Lending Expression To The Grotesque Outgrowths Of Civilized Life That Is As Humorous And Exhilarating As It Is Profound. The Ambivalence Between Tragedy And Humor Piques The Artist Time And Again And Permeates His Surreal-Looking Visual Worlds In An Inexhaustible Variety Of Ways. Melancholy And Skewed Wit Are Closely Related In This Wonderland Of Absurdities—Surprising And Thought Provoking.


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Frank Kunert (*1963 In Frankfurt Am Main) Began Studying Photography In1984 And Graduated In 1987. After Years Of Working As An Assistant In Various Photography Studios, He Went Out On His Own In 1992. For His Illustrated Volume, Verkehrte Welt (Topsy-Turvy World, Hatje Cantz) He Received The 2009 German Photo Book Silver Medal. Frank Kunert Lives In Boppard.