Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.7 Inches
Medium: UV pigment print with a matte varnish seal on Somerset 410gsm paper, hand-finished by the artist with fine acrylic paint
Provenance: Hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with original publisher issued certificate of authenticity signed by artist.
Edition: Limited Edition of 299
Year: 2025
Condition: Excellent
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Friedrich Kunath works across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and video to create resonant, evocative, and often melancholy compositions.
Based in Los Angeles since 2007, Kunath creates work grounded in his experiences on the West Coast of the United States and his enduring relationship to Europe. His art combines references to German Romanticism and American popular culture, and it is informed, in part, by his interests in music, tennis, cars, and the practice of collecting. Kunath's paintings depict vibrant landscapes of otherworldly beauty, and he often incorporates poetic phrases and quotations from music or film into his canvases, forging a visual language distinguished by interplays of wit, emotional depth, and cultural memory. The artist graduated from Braunschweig University of Arts, Germany, in 1998.
The first major monograph devoted to Kunath’s life and work was published in 2018 by Rizzoli Electa, featuring contributions by James Elkins, James Frey, Ariana Reines, and John McEnroe. In fall 2025, Monacelli will publish a new monograph tracing the artist’s work from the last thirty years, his travels around the world, and his recent experimentations with installation.
Recent solo exhibitions of his work include Friedrich Kunath: I’ll Try to Be More Romantic, Kunstsammlung Jena, Germany (2021–22); Friedrich Kunath: There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain (2023); Friedrich Kunath: Coming Home Was as Beautiful as Going Away, KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2023); Friedrich Kunath: I Remain Exhausted, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2024); Friedrich Kunath: I Need Solitude, But I Also Need You, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel (2024); Friedrich Kunath: AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE (I'LL HAVE THE CALAMARI), G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany (2024); and Friedrich Kunath: One Day I’ll Follow the Byrds (Tutto Pasta), Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (2024).
Kunath’s work is held in prominent public collections worldwide, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Marieluise Hessel Collection, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Oketa Collection, Tokyo; Pinault Collection, Paris; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, among others.
