"Many of Kunath's paintings depict vibrant landscapes of worldly beauty, often incorporating poetic phrases and quotations from music, film, and literature. Drawing inspiration from Romanticism, popular culture, and his own personal history, he imbues his art with a myriad of seemingly disparate references and resonances, navigating the murky spaces between irony and sincerity, tragedy and comedy. Thereby, Kunath sees himself as a composer of ideas and images across mediums, working fragments into artworks that become worlds unto themselves."
"His first presentation at Pace in New York, Aimless Love, meditates on coming and going, free from intent, with aimless momentum. The works are inspired by the artist's memories of listening to music while traveling by train or car as a child, looking out the window and watching the world pass by. With his new paintings, Kunath aims to immortalize the sense of total presence in those memories and experiences, while acknowledging the paradox of trying to hold onto an inherently fleeting, ephemeral feeling."
Pace presents new paintings by Friedrich Kunath at its 510 West 25th Street gallery in New York, on view through December 20. The presentation marks Kunath's first solo show in the city since 2019 and his debut with the gallery, which began representing him in May 2025. A new monograph from Monacelli, featuring an essay by Naomi Fry, will be available on-site. Kunath works across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and video, creating layered, lyrical images that combine Romanticism, popular culture, and personal history. Aimless Love reflects memories of childhood travel, capturing fleeting presence through landscapes, poetic phrases, and installations evoking takeoff and landing trajectories.
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