Frank Kunert: Lifestyle

Working slowing, consciously perceiving, precisely observing; in our increasingly fast-paced and abstract world, this type of working method seems to be more and more rare. Still, we know that the exception proves the rule. If Frank Kunert (*1963 in Frankfurt am Main) did not have the patience and calm he exhibits in creating his miniature, stage settingsimmortalized in photographs made with a large-format analog camerahis small worlds would lose the charm weve grown so fond of through his previous publications, Verkehrte Welt (Inverted world) and Wunderland. Here, the ordinary quickly reaches its limits and traverses beyond ad absurdum, while tragedy veers into comedy, and wit becomes debatable. Kunerts works exist between the poles of slapstick and metaphysics. His new book, Lifestyle, adds twenty-four miniatures to these philosophically based stories of everyday life.