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

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    In the 1990s German photographer Frank Kunert began photographing his hand-built sets to create images like "Flugsteig (Gate)."
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    This photograph, titled "Abwaerts (Down)," is an example of Kunert's absurdist sense of humor.
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    Images like "Sonnenseite" (Sunny Side)" look like ordinary scenes of city life until you begin to notice the incongruous details.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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    In many of his images, such as "Trash," Kunert juxtaposes the worlds of high culture and mundane city life.
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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.
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    "Im Rausch der Tiefe (The Intoxication of the Deep)" depicts a news kiosk at the bottom of a swimming pool.
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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)."
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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."
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    "Kletterurlaub"

    Kunert enjoys building dystopian architecture, such as this impossible-to-reach hotel in "Kletterurlaub (Climbing Holidays)."
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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.
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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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