Friedrich Kunath: I Don't Worry Anymore

Friedrich Kunath: I Don't Worry Anymore

The first major monograph devoted to the witty paintings and sculpture of Los Angelesâ€“based artist Friedrich Kunath.

From his precipitous rise in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Friedrich Kunath has been making art that beautifully and lyrically combines the experience of the ordinary with the sublime. In the first major monograph devoted to the past fifteen years of his work, the reader sees how the artist poignantly yet playfully distills the fundamentals of human emotionâ€”desire, loneliness, and anxietyâ€”creating comically tragic scenes in which human beings try to find their way in the world. Shifting easily between genres and modes of makingâ€”from painting to installation and even videoâ€”the work always maintains his signature wit and humor, laced with melancholy.

The artist has considered the ideas that run throughout his oeuvre and offers new insights by gathering works across media that are connected conceptually in eight chapters, organized thematically rather than chronologically. Art historian James Elkins takes an historical approach to Kunathâ€™s work, linking him to both recent and older traditions of European painting. Ariana Reines contributes a poem inspired by the artistâ€™s workÂ and James Frey writes a short essayÂ inspired byÂ Kunathâ€™s persona. The artist and John McEnroe, the famed tennis player, have a spirited conversation about their shared passion for the game of tennis.
Country USA
Brand Rizzoli Electa
Manufacturer Rizzoli Electa
Binding Hardcover
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-12-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780847862443

Country	USA
Brand	Rizzoli Electa
Manufacturer	Rizzoli Electa
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-12-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780847862443

Friedrich Kunath: I Don't Worry Anymore

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