Friedrich Kunath

Dates

Born 1974, Chemnitz, Germany

Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education

1998, University of Arts, Braunschweig, Germany

2024

Friedrich Kunath: One Day I’ll Follow the Byrds (Tutto Pasta), Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, September 7–October 26, 2024.

Friedrich Kunath: AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE (I'LL HAVE THE CALAMARI), G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany, June 7–September 8, 2024.

Friedrich Kunath: I Need Solitude, But I Also Need You, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 23–June 28, 2024.

Friedrich Kunath: I Remain Exhausted, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, May 16–July 6, 2024. (Catalogue)

2023

Friedrich Kunath: The Art of Surviving November, Galerie Max Hetzler, London, November 7, 2023–January 6, 2024.

Friedrich Kunath: A Table for Two for One, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, May 18–July 15, 2023,

Friedrich Kunath: Coming Home Was as Beautiful as Going Away, KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, March 26–July 30, 2023.

Friedrich Kunath: There Must Be a Spanish Word for This Feeling, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain, February 17–May 21, 2023. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: I Don’t Know the Place, But I Know How to Get There, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, January 14–February 25, 2023.

2021

Friedrich Kunath: I’ll Try to Be More Romantic, Kunstsammlung Jena, Germany, December 11, 2021–March 20, 2022.

Friedrich Kunath: Life Is Short and Days Are Long, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, August 19–October 9, 2021.

Friedrich Kunath: New Ballads, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, April 29–June 5, 2021. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: The Things I Notice Now, Travesía Cuatro, Mexico City, April 27–July 15, 2021.

2020

Friedrich Kunath: Sensitive Euro Man, König Galerie, Berlin, August 15–October 18, 2020.

2019

Friedrich Kunath: Songs Build Little Rooms in Time, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, December 7, 2019–January 24, 2020. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: Live Forever, Blum & Poe, Tokyo, October 24–November 30, 2019.

Friedrich Kunath: All Your Fears Trapped Inside, JTT, New York, March 3–April 14, 2019.

2018

Friedrich Kunath: One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor, Blum & Poe, New York, November 7, 2018–January 26, 2019.

Friedrich Kunath: Where is the Madness that You Promised Me, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, May 17–June 23, 2018. (Catalogue)

2017

Friedrich Kunath: Frutti di Mare, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, September 9–October 14, 2017.

2016

Friedrich Kunath: Juckreiz, Sammlung Philara, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 25–September 11, 2016.

Friedrich Kunath: The World is a Beautiful Place (We’re Not Here for Long), Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, April 15–May 12, 2016.

Friedrich Kunath: My Loneliness Shines, VNH Gallery, Paris, March 19–April 30, 2016.

2015

Friedrich Kunath: Sentimental Air, BQ, Berlin, September 18–October 31, 2015.

2014

Friedrich Kunath: Earth to Fuckface, White Cube, Hong Kong, November 20, 2014–January 31, 2015.

Friedrich Kunath: If I Could Only Remember Your Name, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Germany, September 14–November 2, 2014.

Friedrich Kunath: The Forest Smelled Like Bananas, CAPRI, Dusseldorf, Germany, September 5–November 8, 2014.

Friedrich Kunath, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, July 19–November 9, 2014.

Friedrich Kunath: Grand Optimist, The Eastern Star Gallery, The Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, May 22–June 4, 2014.

Friedrich Kunath: The Temptation to Exist (May Contain Nuts), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, March 15–April 26, 2014.

Friedrich Kunath: A Plan to Follow Summer Around the World, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine, France, January 17–March 23, 2014.

2013

Friedrich Kunath: I’m Running Out of World, White Cube, London, November 22, 2013–January 25, 2014.

Friedrich Kunath: Raymond Moody’s Blues, Modern Art Oxford, United Kingdom, September 21–November 17, 2013. (Catalogue)

2012

Friedrich Kunath: Your Life is Not for You, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, November 20, 2012–March 3, 2013.

Friedrich Kunath: Lacan’s Haircut, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, September 8–October 27, 2012. (Catalogue)[EH1] [JB2]

Friedrich Kunath: Things We Did When We Were Dead, BQ, Berlin, April 28–June 30, 2012. (Catalogue)

2011

Friedrich Kunath: Lonely Are the Free, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, June 9–July 31, 2011.

Friedrich Kunath: The Most Beautiful World in the World, White Cube, London, April 15–June 4, 2011. (Catalogue)

2010

Friedrich Kunath: Tropical Depression, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, October 22-December 4, 2010.

Friedrich Kunath: Oehmen Collection, Kunstsaele, Berlin, October 8–November 5, 2010.

Friedrich Kunath: I used to be darker, but then I got lighter and then I got dark again, Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, May 13–June 12, 2010. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: Hammer Projects, Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, April 17–September 30, 2010.

2009

Friedrich Kunath: Home wasn’t built in a day, Kunstverein Hannover, Germany, November 28, 2009–January 24, 2010. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: Hello Walls, BQ, Berlin, September 4–October 31, 2009. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: 7 x 14, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany, May 23–31, 2009. (Catalogue)

2008

Friedrich Kunath: Emoh, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, October 24–December 6, 2008.

Friedrich Kunath: Rising vs. Setting, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, May 22–August 3, 2008. (Catalogue)

2007

Friedrich Kunath: Twilight, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, September 7–October 13, 2007.

Friedrich Kunath, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, Aachen, Germany, July 14–September 2, 2007.

Friedrich Kunath: Warum, BQ, Cologne, Germany, January 19–March 10, 2007. (Catalogue)

2006

Friedrich Kunath: I have always been here before, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, March 4–April 8, 2006.

2005

Friedrich Kunath, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, October 14–December 3, 2005.

2004

Friedrich Kunath: Our endless numbered days, BQ, Cologne, Germany, September 4–October 16, 2004. (Catalogue)

Friedrich Kunath: We were the one thing in the galaxy God didn’t have his eyes on, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, April 3–May 1, 2004.

2003

Friedrich Kunath: We are not as far west as we suppose we are, The Bakery/Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, November 28, 2003–January 17, 2004.

2002

Friedrich Kunath: Mise en Scene: Curieux VI – When was the First Time You Realized the Next Time Would be the Last Time, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany, 2002.

Friedrich Kunath: Welcome Home Steve Curry, BQ, Cologne, Germany, April 27–June 14, 2002.

2001

Friedrich Kunath: Videos, CHAUSSE 37, Berlin, 2001.

2000

Friedrich Kunath: One Day It Will All Make Sense, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2000.

1998

Friedrich Kunath: Why Are My Friends Such Finks, BQ, Cologne, Germany, 1998.

2025

Remix: From Gerhard Richter to Katharina Grosse, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, April 11–September 7, 2025. (Catalogue)

To Live is to Fly, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, January 30-April 5, 2025. (Catalogue)

2024

ONLY LOVERS LEFT: Margarete Jakschik and Friedrich Kunath, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany, March 16–June 9, 2024.

2023

The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 18, 2023–March 17, 2024. (Catalogue)

2022

Let’s Go!, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, December 1, 2022–January 28, 2023. (Catalogue)

Come As You Are, Anthony Gallery, Chicago, November 10–December 11, 2022.

Stories We Live With: Selection from the Somlói-Spengler Collection, Q Contemporary, Budapest, April 8–September 17, 2022.

2021

The Emerald Tablet, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, September 4–October 23, 2021.

Shape of an Image, Woaw Gallery, Hong Kong, May 21–June 14, 2021.

Parallel Worlds, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 6–June 10, 2021.

Inaugural Exhibition, König Galerie, Seoul, April 4–May 2, 2021.

2020

5,471 miles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, July 21–August 15, 2020.

Friend of Ours, (organized by Benjamin Godsill and Joel Mesler), Rental Gallery, East Hampton, New York, July 4–July 30, 2020.

36 Paintings, Harper's East Hampton, New York, June 13–July 14, 2020.

Enjoy and Take Care!, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, June 11–July 11, 2020.

2019

Reflections, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, November 1, 2019–January 5, 2020.

Live Forever, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, October 24–November 30, 2019.

A New Age: Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel, August 6, 2019–February 2, 2020.

Some Trees, (organized by Christian Malycha), Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, July 20–August 31, 2019.

Die Rückkehr des Pre Bell Man, Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt, June 6, 2019–January 19, 2020.

Glenn Ligon: Selections from the Marciano Collection, Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, February 12–May 12, 2019.

The Last Waltz (For Leon), Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, January 24–March 2, 2019. (Catalogue)

2018

Under the Night Sky, Albertz Benda, New York, October 25–December 15, 2018.

FOUR ROOMS, Blum & Poe, New York, September 12–October 27, 2018.

LA Friends Part 1, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, New York, June 23–July 25, 2018.

Cliché, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, June 20–July 28, 2018.

This is a Pipe: Realism and the Found Object in Contemporary Art, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, February 17–March 17, 2018.

2017

Form and Volume, CFHILL, Stockholm, June 2–30, 2017.

Horror Vacui, or The Annihilation of Space, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, February 2–March 12, 2017.

2016

L.A. Exuberance: New Gifts by Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 30, 2016–April 2, 2017.

Human Condition, Los Angeles Metropolitan Medical Center, October 1– November 30, 2016.

Self-Fiction: David Altmejd & Friedrich Kunath, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, the Netherlands, September 24, 2016–January 1, 2017.

Giles, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, September 22–November 26, 2016.

Juxtapoz x Superflat, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle, Washington, August 4–7, 2016. Traveled to: Vancouver Art Gallery, November 5, 2016–February 5, 2017.

Mount Analogue, Performance Ski, Aspen, Colorado, July 16–July 16, 2016.

PLEASE HAVE ENOUGH ACID IN THE DISH!, M+B, Los Angeles, July 7–September 2, 2016.

Takashi Murakami’s Superflat Collection: From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer, Yokohama Art Museum, Japan, January 30–April 3, 2016.

Tomorrow is a long time, Tim van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, January 28–March 12, 2016.

2015

If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?, Hunter East Harlem Gallery, Hunter College, City University of New York, October 14, 2015–January 9, 2016.

The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, September 9–October 17, 2015. (Catalogue)

My wife does the dishes, I do the revolution, Kimmerich, Berlin, June 13–July 31, 2015.

Love or the Lack of It, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, May 30–July 30, 2015.

Oh, of course, you were berry picking, Galerie Drei, Cologne, Germany, April 10–May 23, 2015.

Second Chances, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, March 27–June 28, 2015.

2014

FIRE!, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, September 18–November 1, 2014.

New Image Painting, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, August 23–October 4, 2014.

Lone Tree, Marlborough Gallery, New York, April 4–May 5, 2014.

2013

À triple tour: oeuvres de la collection Pinault, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, La Conciergerie, Paris, October 21, 2013–January 6, 2014.

The Hope of Wrecks, Museum of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, September 13–October 27, 2013.

Transforming the Known: Works from the Bert Kreuk Collection, Gemeente Museum, Den Haag, the Netherlands, June 8–September 29, 2013.

More Young Americans, L’Enclos des Bernardins, Hotel de Miramion, Paris, May 16–June 22, 2013.

Set Pieces, Cardi Black Box, Milan, February 7–April 15, 2013.

2012

Wonderful-Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Die Olbricht Collection, Me Collectors Room Berlin, November 29, 2012–August 25, 2013.

Funny, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, September 21–December 15, 2012.

Other Voices, Other Rooms, Wentrup Projects, Copenhagen, September 8–October 26, 2012.

Schach Matt (Checkmate), Märkisches Museum Witten, Germany, June 29–August 26, 2012.

The Residue of Memory, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, May 11–July 15, 2012. (Catalogue)

Orchestra Change, Stiftung Schloss Dyck, Juechen, Germany, April 22–October 28, 2012.

Death Can Dance, Townhouse, Zurich, Switzerland, April 13–June 18, 2012.

You Should’ve Heard Just What I Seen, Riverview School, East Sandwich, Massachusetts, April–October 2012.

2011

Gesamtkunstwerk, Saatchi Gallery, London, November 24–April 30, 2012.

Collection Exhibition, Berezdivin Collection-Espacio 1414, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 3–December 1, 2012.

The Second Strike, 3rd Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel, October 9–December 24, 2011.

MärklinWorld, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, the Netherlands, September 24–January 8, 2012.

Deserteure, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria, August 26–October 8, 2011.

Il mondo vi appartiene (The World Belongs to You), Palazzo Grassi, Venice, June 2–December 31, 2011.

MIAC III Away from the Horde, Miami-Dade Public Library System’s, Miami BS-VISITE, Braunschweig, Germany, April 29–May 29, 2011.

Midnight Party, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 19, 2011–March 30, 2014.

Human Nature, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 13–July 4, 2011.

Captain Pamphile, Deichtorhallen Museum, Hamburg, Germany, February 19–April 10, 2011.

Watercolour, Tate, London, February 16–August 21, 2011.

Dwelling, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, January 29–March 26, 2011.

2010

Captain Pamphile - nach einem Roman von Alexandre Dumas, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany, September 24–November 21, 2010.

Saw It, Loved It, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, August 31–September 26, 2010.

Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action, White Cube, London, July 8–August 28, 2010.

Country Music, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, July 3–August 21, 2010.

Larger than Life - Stranger than Fiction, Triennale Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany, June 12–October 11, 2010.

Kurt, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, May 13–September 6, 2010.

Also on View, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, April 8–May 1, 2010.

The Library of Babel: In and Out of Place, Zabludowicz Collection, Projectspace 176, London, February 25–June 13, 2010. (Catalogue)

2009

15th Anniversary Inaugural Exhibition, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, October 3–November 14, 2009.

Grin & Bear It: Cruel Humor in Art and Life, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland, March 20–July 5, 2009.

Play, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milan, February 5–March 14, 2009.

2008

Journeys to Nowhere: Selections from the Collection, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 14–November 30, 2008.

The Eternal Flame, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, August 10–October 5, 2008.

Vertrautes Terrain. Aktuelle Kunst in/ über Deutschland, ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 22, 2008–October 12, 2009.

Life on Mars: the 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 3, 2008–January 11, 2009. (Catalogue)

Gravity in Art, Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, March 1–April 30, 2008.

Informed by Function, Lehman College Art Gallery, City University of New York, Bronx, February 5–May 16, 2008.

The Leisure Suite, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, January 24–February 14, 2008.

2007

Verwendungsnachweis, Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, September 21–November 18, 2007.

Seb Koberstädt / Friedrich Kunath: Förderpreisträger 2006, Kunst aus Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany, July 14–September 2, 2007.

Blind Date, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome, July 7–September 30, 2007.

Dream and Trauma: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, June 29–October 4, 2007. (Catalogue)

Learn to Read, Tate, London, June 19–September 2, 2007.

2006

Spooky, Het Gebouw, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 2006.

Esquidor en el fondo de un pozo, La Colección Jumex, Mexico City, September 2, 2006–April 29, 2007. (Catalogue)

Nothing But Pleasure, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, June 30–September 30, 2006.

Bonanza, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, March 10–April 22, 2006.

2005

Avalon Art Association, Revelin Castle, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2005.

The Gravity in Art, De Appel, Amsterdam, December 2, 2005–January 22, 2006.

Looking at Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, November 2, 2005–January 4, 2006.

Fabriques du Sublime, La Galerie - Centre d'art contemporain de Noisy-Le-Sec, France, September 9–November 5, 2005. (Catalogue)

Exile: New York Is a Good Hotel, Broadway 1602, New York, July 12–September 16, 2005.

2004

No One Else Can Make Me Feel the Colors That You Bring, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland, 2004.

Rings of Saturn, Rockwell Gallery, London, 2004.

Strawberry Fields, Galeria CANAIA, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2004. (Catalogue)

Rhinegold: Art from Cologne, Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom, June 12–August 22, 2004.

2003

Inaugural Group Show, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, September 4–October 4, 2003.

2002

On the Other Hand You Have Different Fingers, Galerie Gait Nourbakhsch, Berlin, 2002.

Present, Hammer Sidi, London, 2002.

Superschloss, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany, November 10, 2002–March 24, 2003.

When was the first time when you realized the next time would be the last time, Mise en scène: Curieux VI-VIII, Bonner Kunstverein & Videonale, Bonn, Germany, September 24–October 6, 2002.

2001

1995–2001, BQ, Cologne, Germany, 2001.

Peter Mertes Stipendium with Thea Djordjadze, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany, September 22–November 4, 2001. (Catalogue)

Zero Gravity, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany, April 21–June 16, 2001.

2000

One day it will all make sense, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2000.

Parking Meters, Cologne, Germany, 2000.

Make My Paper Sound, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, February 5–March 26, 2000.

1998

Dirty Windows, Berlin, 1998.

Junge Kunst im Zweiten, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Germany, 1998.

Why are my friends such finks, BQ, Cologne, Germany, October 31–January 30, 1998.

1995

Green Room, San Diego, California, 1995.

VOXXX-Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany, 1995.

1994

The easiest thing to grow in a garden is tired, Galerie Peters-Barenbrock, Braunschweig, Germany, 1994.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Center for Early Education, Los Angeles

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain

DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris

Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands

Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles

Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles

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

Sammlung Philara, Dusseldorf, Germany

V-A-C Collection, Moscow

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2025

Guido, Giulia. "Friedrich Kunath: between classical art and irony." Collater, 11 May 2025. https://www.collater.al/en/friedrich-kunath-classical-art-irony-painting/

2024

Goffstein, Sarah. "FRIEDRICH KUNATH: The Temptation to Exist (May Contain Nuts)” (exhibition review). The Brooklyn Rail, May 2024. https://brooklynrail.org/2014/05/artseen/friedrich-kunath-the-temptation-to-exist-may-contain-nuts/

2023

Calderón, Trina. “Painter Friedrich Kunath Feels His Way Home.” The Pomonan, 2 February 2023. https://www.thepomonan.com/exhibitions-openings/painter-friedrich-kunath-feels-his-way-home

Dambrot, Shana Nys. “What We Do: Arts Calendar January 12–18.” LA Weekly, 11 January 2023.

“Friedrich Kunath Imagines Impossible Landscapes.” Cultured, 17 January 2023. https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2023/01/17/friedrich-kunath-blum-and-poe-los-angeles

"Galleries & Artists Highlight." Art in Culture no. 8 (August 2023): 132.

Pener, Degan. "Frieze Week: Meet Four Artists Exploring the 'Sunshine and Noir' of L.A." Hollywood Reporter, 16 February 2023. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/frieze-week-2023-artists-shows-los-angeles-1235325588/

Pricco, Evan. “‘I Don’t Know the Place, but I Know How to Get There’: Friedrich Kunath in Los Angeles.” Juxtapoz, 25 January 2023.

Ross, Claudia. "How to Paint a Bored and Exhausted Era." ArtReview, 14 February 2023. https://artreview.com/friedrich-kunath-i-dont-know-the-place-but-i-know-how-to-get-there-at-blum-and-poe-los-angeles-review/

Zellen, Jody. "Friedrich Kunath." Artillery Magazine, 7 March 2023. https://artillerymag.com/friedrich-kunath/

Zheng, Elaine YJ. “Los Angeles Lowdown: Must-See Exhibitions.” Ocula, 8 February 2023. https://ocula.com/magazine/spotlights/frieze-la-lowdown-must-see-los-angeles-exhibitions/

2021

Bogojev, Sasha. “‘Songs Build Little Rooms in Time’ by Friedrich Kunath.” Juxtapoz, 23 December 2021.

Bogojev, Sasha. “The Things I Notice Now: Friedrich Kunath at Travesia Cuatro CDMX.” Juxtapoz, 14 July 2021.

Bogojev, Sasha. “We‘re Not Here for Long by Friedrich Kunath.” Juxtapoz, 26 February 2021.

Lee, Shannon. “Trends to Watch in 2021: Return to Nature.” Artsy, 6 January 2021.

Lempesis, Dimitris. “Friedrich Kunath’s ‘I’ll Try to Be More Romantic.’” Dream Idea Machine, (December 2021).

Mirabella, Fabrizia. “#FashionWeLove: All the Fashion News for February 2021.” Marie Claire, 11 February 2021.

Silbert, Jake. “Palm Angels' Jamaica-Inspired SS21 Collection Realized in Stylized Zine.” Hypebeast, 5 February 2021.

Turra, Alessandra. “Palm Angels Goes Analog to Present Spring 2021 Collection.” WWD, 3 February 2021.

2020

Anderson, Claressinka. “Exquisite L.A.: Claressinka Anderson on Friedrich Kunath.” Carla Magazine, (Spring 2020): 46–47.

Bogojev, Sasha. “Art and Resurrection: Friedrich Kunath's Collaboration with Late Musician, David Berman, Comes to Life.” Juxtapoz, 6 January 2020.

Bogojev, Sasha. "The "Sensitive Euro Man": Friedrich Kunath Heads Back to Germany to Showcase New Body of Work." Juxtapoz, 12 August 2020.

Brain, Eric, “Creative Exchange Agency Presents Online Viewing Room, ‘Existential Time.’” Hypebeast, 29 April 2020.

Eichenholz, Andrew. "Why Opelka 'Has The Potential To Move The Needle.'" AtpTour, 21 August 2020.

Krause, Bettina. "Opposites that Attract: An interview with Friedrich Kunath." Zoo Magazine, no. 67 (Summer 2020).

2019

Bogojev, Sasha. “Friedrich Kunath Tries to "Live Forever" @ Blum and Poe, Tokyo.” Juxtapoz, 12 September 2019.

Haldeman, Peter. “View Master.” Architectural Digest (November 2019): 102.

Houlihan, Mary. The Mix: ‘Merry, Merry Chicago!’ and More Cool Things to Do Dec. 12-18.” Chicago Sun Times, 11 December 2019.

Williams, Maxwell. “Frieze La Diary: Leibovitz’s Photo Finish, Destroyer Smashes It and a Mushroom-Powered Rocket (Doesn’t) Take Off.” Art Newspaper, 15 February 2019.

Wolens, Ariella. "Friedrich Kunath: One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor." Spike Magazine, no. 58 (Winter 2019): 183.

Yoo, Noah. “Drag City Announces New Art Show Inspired by David Berman’s Music.” Pitchfork, 14 November 2019.

2018

“A Promise of Madness: a Conversation with Friedrich Kunath.” Juxtapoz, 28 May 2018.

Bogojev, Sasha. "Friedrich Kunath on Ceilings and Floors of Human Life." Juxtapoz, 7 November 2018.

“Center for Early Education Unveils Art Installation on La Cienega Boulevard.” Wehoville, 30 March 2018.

"Center for Early Education Opens First Building in Its Expansion Plan." Wehoville, 10 January 2018.

Klingelfuss, Jessica. "Friedrich Kunath on Pushing Paint and Why He Loves the 'Empty Promise' of Los Angeles." Wallpaper, 10 June 2018.

“Latest City Urban Art Program Collection Unveiled at the Center for Early Education.” Public Now, 4 April 2018.

“Wake Up and Dream in WeHo.” Canyon-News, 16 April 2018.

“West Hollywood Unveils Latest Public Art Piece.” Los Angeles Independent, 13 April 2018.

Zhong, Fan. “The 10 Art Clichés the Art World Hates to Love (or Maybe Just Plain Loves).” W Magazine, 20 June 2018.

2017

Bischof, Felix. "Dior Lady Art #2: Ten Artists Give Their Take on the Dior Handbag." The Week, 8 December 2017.

Indrisek, Scott. "40 Artists Share Their Favorite Shows of 2017: Joe Reihsen on Friedrich Kunath." Artsy, 25 December 2017.

Nelson, Arty. "Friedrich Kunath's East Angeleno Homesick Blues." GQ Style (Winter 2017): 102–115.

Remenchik, Jennifer. "Friedrich Kunath Plays With Scent, Sense, and Sentiment." Hyperallergic, 3 October 2017.

Shaw, Michael. "Continuing and Recommended: Friedrich Kunath." ArtScene 37, no. 2 (October 2017): 22–23.

Slenske, Michael. “How to Turn a Studio into a Rumpus Room into an Exhibition.” Garage Magazine, 28 August 2017.

Tauer, Kristen. "The Art of a Dior Collaboration." Women's Wear Daily, December 1, 2017. "Time Warp." LALA Magazine (Fall 2017): 60.

Wagley, Catherine. "5 Free Art Shows to See in L.A. This Week." LA Weekly, 4 October 2017.

2016

Feldhaus, Timo. "Friedrich Kunath's Elegant Failures." Ssense, 25 November 2016.

Nunes, Andrew. "Food Art: It's What's For Dinner in LA." Creators Project, 2 September 2016.

Shapton, Leanne. "Thirteen Contemporary Artists Portray Their Own Children." T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 18 March 2016.

2015

Cotter, Holland. “‘If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?’ A Show Whose Subject Is Death.” The New York Times, 24 December 2015.

Herbert, Martin. “Friedrich Kunath.” Artforum 54, no. 4 (December 2015): 271–272.

2014

Gingeras, Alison M. "For Real." Artforum 52, no. 7 (March 2014): 266–69.

Goffstein, Sarah. "Friedrich Kunath: The Temptation to Exist (May Contain Nuts)." Brooklyn Rail, 6 May 2014.

Rimanelli, David. “Best of 2014.” Artforum 53, no. 4 (December 2014): 256.

2013

Diehl, Travis. "You Owe Me a Feeling." Art Book Review, 13 June 2013.

Stein, Lorin. "What We're Loving: Fires, Isolation, Whispering Gallery." Paris Review, 1 February 2013.

Tylevich, Katya. "Friedrich Kunath: This Is Where the West Ends." Elephant Magazine, no. 13 (Winter 2012–2013): 132–43.

2012

Bowles, Hamish. “Testino Royale.” Vogue, (March 2012): 518–531.

Finkel, Jori. "Friedrich Kunath's Fever Dream at Blum & Poe." Los Angeles Times, 14 October 2012.

Herbert, Martin. “Now See This.” ArtReview, no. 59 (May 2012): 30–31.

Johnson, Vincent. "The Art of LA Based German Born Artist Friedrich Kunath." Fireplace Chats, 28 October 2012.

Losk, Alice. “Flag Does Funny.” Artsicle, 26 September 2012.

Poyourow, Jill. "Artist in Focus: Friedrich Kunath." Fireplace Chats, 14 February 2012.

“’Rheingold' Offers Contemporary Art." Kölnische Rundschau, 19 April 2012.

Shaw, Michael. “Friedrich Kunath.” ArtScene 32, no. 2 (October 2012).

Steffen, Patrick. “Friedrich Kunath.” Flash Art 45, no. 287 (November-December 2012): 111.

2011

Bourgeois, Caroline. “The World Belongs to You.” L’uomo Vogue, no. 421 (May-June 2011): 168, 170, 177.

Hopkins, Echo. “Friedrich Kunath at White Cube, London.” Artwrit, no. 1 (May 2011).

2010

Ackermann, Tim. “Die Bionadewerdung der Kunst.” TAZ, 7 January 2010.

Stoeber, Michael. “Friedrich Kunath.” Artist Kunstmagazin, (February–April 2010).

Stoeber, Michael. “Gescheiterte Melancholie.” Kunstforum, (March/April 2010).

2009

“Ausstellungen im November: Highlights.” Kultur Spiegel, (November 2009).

Beradini, Andrew. “Friedrich Kunath: EMOH.” ArtReview, (January 2009): 112.

Di Blasi, Johanna. “Der Duft von Denim.” Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 27 November 2009.

“Friedrich Kunath: Home Wasn’t Built in a Day.” KUNST Magazin (Berlin), (December 2009).

“Friedrich Kunath: Home Wasn’t Built in a Day.” Stadtkind Hannover, (November 2009).

“Gescheiterte Hoffnung.” Schädelspalter, (December 2009).

“Kunstverein Hannover zeigt Werke von Friedrich Kunath.” ddp, 25 November 2009.

Moldenhauer, Anna. “Friedrich Kunath: Home Wasn’t Built in a Day im Kunstverein Hannover.” Kunstportal, 21 December 2009.

“Sehnsucht und Melancholie im Kunstverein.” DPA, 14 November 2009.

Probst, Carsten. “Scheiternde Pop-Träume.” Kultiversum, 29 November 2009.

Probst, Carsten. “Schöne bunte Bilderwelt.” Deutschlandfunk, 5 December 2009.

Wallentin, Susanne. “Am Anfang das Ende: Kunstverein zeigt Kunath.” Neue Presse, 27 November 2009.

Zimmer, Klaus. T-Shirt-Aufschrift: “Das ist nicht das Leben, das ich bestellt habe.” Deister – und Weserzeitung, 29 December 2009.

2008

Cashdan, Marina. “Cruz Control.” Whitewall, (Winter 2008): 105.

Falconer, Morgan. “Friedrich Kunath.” Frieze, no. 112 (January/February 2008).

Heiser, Jorg. “55th Carnegie International.” Frieze, (September 2008): 187-188.

Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman. “History with a Twist.” Aspen Magazine (Summer 2008): 68.

“The Listings.” The Aspen Times Weekly, 13 July 2008.

Rhodes, Richard. “Mars Explorer: Life in Space at 55th Carnegie International.” Canadian Art Magazine, (Fall 2008).

Stunda, Hilary. “Friedrich Kunath: The Aspen Art Museum.” ArtInfo, September 2008.

Williamson, Damien. “AAM Exhibit Explore the Duality of Art.” The Aspen Daily News, September 2008.

2007

Smolik, Noemi. “Friedrich Kunath,” Artforum (September 2007): 482.

2006

“Top Ten.” Artforum (May 2006): 100.

Knight, Christopher. “Looking for Paths of Change, Release.” Los Angeles Times, 24 March 2006: E14–E15.

Wood, Eve. “Friedrich Kunath.” Flash Art (May/June 2006): 126.

2004

“Friedrich Kunath.” Artscenecal, May 2004.

Knight, Christopher. “Kunath Does Odd Work, But Well.” Los Angeles Times, 16 April 2004.

2003

Fox, Dan. “A Song in my Heart.” Frieze 79 (November/December 2003): 60–63.

2002

Backhaus, Catrin. “Friedrich Kunath in der Galerie BQ.” Kunst-Bulletin, June 2002: 55.

Kröner, Magdalena. “Friedrich Kunath at BQ.” Flash Art 34, no. 225 (July-September 2002): 52.

Wege, Astrid. “Friedrich Kunath.” Artforum, (October 2002): 163–164.

2025

Bejar, Dan, Naomi Fry, and Jennifer Higgie. Friedrich Kunath: The Grand Tour. New York: Monacelli Press, 2025.

From Gerhard Richter to Katharina Grosse (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2025.

Ledent, Mathilde. To Live is to Fly (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2025.

2024

Kunath, Friedrich. Friedrich Kunath: I Remain Exhausted (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2024.

Moffitt, Evan. Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2024: 140–141.

Schumacher, Marcel. A-Z Kunst in NRW 2000-2023: Sammlung Kunsthaus NRW. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2024.

2023

Crosby, Eric and Richard Armstrong. The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection (exhibition catalogue). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Carnegie Museum of Art, 2023: 294–295.

Francés, Fernando. There must be a Spanish Word for this Feeling (exhibition catalogue). Málaga, Spain: Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, 2023.

Loret, Katrien. Let’s Go! (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2023.

2021

Loret, Katrien. Friedrich Kunath: New Ballads (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2021.

Songs Build Little Rooms in Time. Los Angeles and Chicago: Blum & Poe; Drag City, 2021.

2020

Enjoy and Take Care! (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2020.

2019

Van Laere, Tim. The Last Waltz (For Leon) (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2019.

2018

Elkins, James, et al. Friedrich Kunath: I Don’t Worry Anymore. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2018.

Kunath, Friedrich. Friedrich Kunath: Where is the Madness that You Promised Me (exhibition catalogue). Antwerp, Belgium: Tim Van Laere Books, 2018.

2017

Gingeras, Alison M., et al. The Avant-Garde Won't Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy. Los Angeles: Blum & Poe; New York: DelMonico Books, 2017: 6, 114–16.

Manné, Jamie G., ed. Unpacking: The Marciano Collection. Los Angeles: The Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation; Munich: DelMonico Books, 2017: 112–15.

2015

Venero, Isabel and Amy Ontiveros, eds. 25 Years of Andrea Rosen Gallery. New York: Andrea Rosen Gallery, 2015.

2014

Taxter, Kelly. You Should've Heard Just What I Seen. New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2014.

2013

Bracewell, Michael, et al. Friedrich Kunath: In My Room (exhibition catalogue). Cologne, Germany: Walther König, 2013.

Garrett, Craig. Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. London: Phaidon, 2013.

2012

Berman, David. Friedrich Kunath: You Owe Me a Feeling (exhibition catalogue). Los Angeles: Blum & Poe, 2012.

Friedrich Kunath: Things We Did When We Were Dead (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: BQ, 2012.

Zuckerman, Heidi. Funny (exhibition catalogue). New York: FLAG Art Foundation, 2012.

Zuckerman, Heidi. The Residue of Memory (exhibition catalogue). Aspen, Colorado: Aspen Art Museum, 2012.

2011

Kunath, Friedrich. The Most Beautiful World in the World (exhibition catalogue). London: White Cube, 2011.

2010

Friedrich Kunath: I used to be darker, but then I got lighter and then I got dark again (exhibition catalogue). Tokyo: Kaikai Kiki Gallery, 2010.

Gebbers, Anna-Catharina. The Library of Babel: In and Out of Place (exhibition catalogue). London: Zabludowicz Collection, 2010.

2009

Fogle, Douglas, et al. Home Wasn’t Built in a Day (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: Sternberg Press; Kunstverein Hannover, 2009.

Kraus, Karola. 7 X 14 (exhibition catalogue). Baden-Baden, Germany and Cologne, Germany: Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Walther König, 2009.

McKuen, Rod and Friedrich Kunath. In Someone’s Shadow (exhibition catalogue). Berlin: BQ, 2009.

2008

Fogle, Douglas. Life on Mars: 55th Carnegie International (exhibition catalogue). Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Art, 2008.

Zuckerman Heidi, et al. Rising vs. Setting (exhibition catalogue). Aspen, Colorado: Aspen Art Museum, 2008.

2007

Blancsubé, Michel. Fundacion/Coleccion Jumex presents: Esquiador en el fondo de un pozo (exhibition catalogue). Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico: La Colección Jumex, 2006: 124.

Grayson, Kathy, ed. Panic Room: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Works on Paper Collection (exhibition catalogue). New York: Deitch Projects, 2007: 70.

Kunath, Friedrich. Friedrich Kunath (exhibition catalogue). Cologne, Germany: BQ, 2007.

2005

Lanavère, Marianne. Fabriques du Sublime (exhibition catalogue). Noisy-le-Sec, France: La Galerie Noisy-le-Sec, 2005.

2004

Friedrich Kunath: Alles Macht Weiter (exhibition catalogue). Cologne, Germany: BQ, 2004.

Strawberry Fields (exhibition catalogue). Mexico City: Colección Jumex, 2004: 5, 13–19.

2002

Kunath, Friedrich. I Would Kill for a Noble Peace Prize. Cologne, Germany: BQ, 2002.

2001

Friedrich Kunath: Let’s Not and Say We Did (exhibition catalogue). Bonn, Germany: Bonner Kunstverein, 2001.

Zero Gravity. Düsseldorf: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 2001, 60–63, 106.

1998

Kunath, Friedrich and Dirk Bell. Why Are My Friends Such Finks? (exhibition catalogue). Cologne, Germany: BQ, 1998.