Jun 14, 2018 12:03 PM

Frank Kunert Gallery / Sara Urbaez / June 14, 2018 8:39 AM

Frank Kunert
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In the 1990s German photographer Frank Kunert began photographing his hand-built sets to create images like "Flugsteig (Gate)."
Frank Kunert
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This photograph, titled "Abwaerts (Down)," is an example of Kunert's absurdist sense of humor.

Frank Kunert
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Images like "Sonnenseite" (Sunny Side)" look like ordinary scenes of city life until you begin to notice the incongruous details.
Frank Kunert
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"Das Leben ist kein Wunschkonzert"
In this image, titled "Das Leben Ist Kein Wunschkonzert (Life Is Not a Command Performance)," a grand piano is repurposed as a work desk.

Frank Kunert
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"Ein Platz an Der Sonne"
"Ein Platz an Der Sonne (A Place in the Sun)" depicts a luxurious new house literally overshadowing the neighboring apartments.
Frank Kunert
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"Ein Kindheitstraum"
In "Ein Kindheitstraum (A Childhood Dream)," Kunert presents the surreal image of a cradle mounted on the back of a motorcycle.

Frank Kunert
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In many of his images, such as "Trash," Kunert juxtaposes the worlds of high culture and mundane city life.
Frank Kunert
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The title of this work, "Ewige Liebe (Eternal Love)" offers an ironic commentary on the image of a deceased couple living on under their gravestones.

Frank Kunert
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"Im Rausch der Tiefe (The Intoxication of the Deep)" depicts a news kiosk at the bottom of a swimming pool.
Frank Kunert
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Kunert spends between two weeks and two months building the sets for his photographs, such as this one, titled "Privatsphaere (Private Sphere)."

Frank Kunert
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"Flood"
"The world is absurd and crazy," Kunert says of photographs like this one, "Flood." "Humor in art is a good way of dealing with this."
Frank Kunert
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"Kletterurlaub"
Kunert enjoys building dystopian architecture, such as this impossible-to-reach hotel in "Kletterurlaub (Climbing Holidays)."

Frank Kunert
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"Street Art"
Sometimes Kunert's images are plays on words, such as "Street Art," in which an artist seems to have literally put a slab of asphalt on display.
Frank Kunert
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"Unter der Bruecke"
Images like this, titled "Unter der Bruecke (Under the Bridge)," evoke the absurdist humor of Franz Kafka.

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