Friedrich Kunath , Where is the Madness that You Promised Me; catalogue Tim Van Laere Gallery, 2018 – Tim Van Laere / Friedrich Kunath Veilige Betaling

Friedrich Kunath’s work is permeated with ambiguity. His personal journey from East to West Berlin, towards his new-found home in Los Angeles presented Kunath with a wide variety of source material ranging from the canon of art history and German philosophy to the idiom of kitsch and the make-believe world of Hollywood and LA. Many of which are impacted by two poles – the culture of wisdom and popular culture – to the point of obsession and even, at times, systematization. Dealing with the universal themes …