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Frank Kunert's "Small Worlds" are, in their symbiosis of idea, image and caption, just as multi-dimensional as excellently-crafted written narratives. 

On the surface, these photographs confront us with all of the hollow words, catchphrases and banalities we encounter in our daily lives. The stereotypical and senseless aspects of human communication cannot be unveiled more convincingly than in their literal conversion into a visual medium. 

Kunert deliberately oscillates between humor, wit, scurrility and the grotesque. 

If, indeed, "Life goes on," then, there is no question about it, it is only with the continued delivery of one's daily paper and mail. The tombstone will, of course, need a mailbox and a doorbell, and Mr. Kunert has naturally taken both into account. 

“Untitled (book)” (2014)

“An Oak Tree” (1973)

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“Some objects, such as books, stay much the same over the years. But there are others, such as the iPhone, that did not exist a few years ago and which may disappear from daily life in only a few years. I want this exhibition to offer a picture of contemporary life as we know it today in 2015 – NOW.”

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“I have always thought that access to everything important is right in front of your nose. We often look for the special in special objects or special events but actually, if we understood the quality of ordinary things, we are closer to the substance of life. I am speaking to you on my iPhone, a mass-produced object – everyone has one, but this one is mine. We imbue a sense of profound personal engagement to objects we see as ours.”

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“In my latest solo show I explore what, in an era of intense virtualization, remains real. Is what we see really what we get? With this new step I am no longer the “Invisible Man,” I am more an art whistleblower trying to raise the awareness of people about the power of images… It is the beginning of a new world… There is always a deeper meaning to an image, it questions the human soul and spirit. In this new series I challenge the power of the images changing the original ones. It is an attempt to start a war against the images.”

Liu Bolin, “The Distance to the Eyes”

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“Despite everything, and true to my postmodern roots, in the end as in the beginning I leave the activity, reception, and understanding of my work entirely in the viewer's hands. It is meant to mean different things to different people who are at different stages of understanding.”

“I applied streaks and blobs of colours onto the canvas with a palette knife and I made them sing with all the intensity I could….”

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"Color Study: Squares with Concentric Rings"

No Input (Dark), 2013

Concept Drawing, 2010