Friedrich Kunath's 'I Don't Know the Place, But I Know How to Get There' at Blum & Poe

Friedrich Kunath's exhibition 'I Don't Know the Place, But I Know How to Get There' at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles presents 24 new paintings and one installation created in the last year. The works parody user-generated content and critique aesthetic experience in an oversaturated visual landscape marked by boredom, irony, and exhaustion. Paintings reference Romantic forebears like Caspar David Friedrich, with modern technology mediating sublime encounters. For instance, 'Romantic Times' (2022) reimagines Friedrich's 'Monk by the Sea' with the figure hunched over an iPhone. Phrases like 'I'm Officially Tapping Out' emerge from dense brushstrokes, expressing overstimulation. The exhibition runs through February 25, 2023.