{"title":"Frank Kunert","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Kunert's bizarre wondrous worlds tell of the abysses of life. His constructions are reflections of our fears and hardships, but also of our longings. They show us the absurdity of everyday life: the grotesque attempts to set up our lives, the dying out of old traditions, our interactions with each other and with our history - much is hidden in Frank Kunert's little masterpieces. However, the artist achieves all this not with a wagging finger, but with subtle, sometimes even quirky humor. (Elizabeth Clark in \u003cem\u003eWundeland)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"44161-frank-kunert-lifestyle","title":"Frank Kunert","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorking slowing, consciously perceiving, precisely observing; in our increasingly fast-paced and abstract world, this type of working method seems to be more and more rare. Still, we know that the exception proves the rule. If Frank Kunert (*1963 in Frankfurt am Main) did not have the patience and calm he exhibits in creating his miniature, stage settings\u0026mdash;immortalized in photographs made with a large-format analog camera\u0026mdash;his \u0026ldquo;small worlds\u0026rdquo; would lose the charm we\u0026rsquo;ve grown so fond of through his previous publications, \u003cem\u003eVerkehrte Welt\u003c\/em\u003e (Inverted world) and \u003cem\u003eWunderland.\u003c\/em\u003e Here, the ordinary quickly reaches its limits and traverses beyond ad absurdum, while tragedy veers into comedy, and wit becomes debatable. Kunert\u0026rsquo;s works exist between the poles of grotesque and metaphysics. 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Its plaster is grayish beige and exudes a kind of petit-bourgeois tristesse; it has the requisite carpeted balcony railings, the lone flower box, even the deckchair is there. A familiar view. It is only on second glance that we see that something is wrong. All of the balcony doors lead to nowhere, and in turn, the balconies themselves cannot be accessed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\n\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003eGerman\u0026nbsp;photographer Frank Kunert (*1963 in Frankfurt\/Main) has not uncovered any sort of architectural scandal. \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eWith Balcony\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the works that sensitively and enigmatically turn familiar narrative contexts upside down and question reality itself. Far from being simply photographic satire, Kunert\u0026rsquo;s miniatures give three-dimensional form to puns on thoughts and words, making them tangible in the truest sense of the word. 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Constantly questioning the human condition, the artist translates his interpretations of the world into meticulous miniature models and captures them photographically. Kunert\u0026#39;s constructions contain intelligent observations about the delicate task of balancing work and life, or the whimsicality of the everyday. Following his illustrated volumes \u003cem\u003eTopsy-Turvy World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWonderland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLifestyle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003earpe diem \u003c\/em\u003ereveals the contradictions of our existence\u0026mdash;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.\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFRANK KUNERT's (*1963, Frankfurt am Main) interest was initially focused on landscape photography. 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