Friedrich Kunath finds home in music, melancholy, motion at Pace Seoul
German-born artist Friedrich Kunath has made a life out of movement, going from East Germany to Los Angeles and, more recently, bouncing between Berlin, Austria and other temporary homes. In his first solo exhibition with Pace Gallery in Seoul, that restlessness becomes a landscape of its own, with distant horizons, cinematic sunsets and an unresolved longing for home. “The Nearest Faraway…
German-born artist Friedrich Kunath has found his home in music, melancholy, and motion, having moved from East Germany to Los Angeles and then to Berlin and Austria before settling in Seoul. His first solo exhibition at Pace Gallery in Seoul, "The Nearest Faraway Place," showcases his restlessness through distant horizons, cinematic sunsets, and a longing for home.
The exhibition, running until October 24, features new paintings and drawings that explore themes of longing, melancholy, and the search for a place to belong. This is Kunath's second solo show with Pace Gallery, following his joining in 2025, and his first solo exhibition in Seoul. The title of the exhibition was inspired by an instrumental song by the Beach Boys, whose harmonies Kunath admired for their ability to blend beauty with darker emotional elements. Kunath explained to The Korea Times, "I think it’s an inner condition. Right now, I feel I"
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