In Sorry I Have a Dream to Catch layers of rainbow splotches cover the canvas like the aurora borealis. Over top is an ink illustration of a man sitting with a newspaper strewn over his lap, a cascade of images flowing from his thoughtful but downcast brow like a cloud. In The Man that Came Between Us was Me the worrisome distress is more palpable and direct, while in It’s Over, It’s Ended, It’s Finished, It’s Done the title pretty much says it all. From one work to the next, one can’t help but notice how Kunath mixes up his drawing styles just as easily as he does his mediums. One moment he’s channeling a 1950s-era comic strip, the next, the notebook sketches of Egon Schiele. Regardless of the technique, there is an undercurrent of humor and compassion involved in every piece. And standing back to look at the work as a whole, you begin to realize that the point he’s trying to make is a simple one: we are all in some way on our own complicated search for the meaning of this grand parade, so why not do it together?
     Friedrich Kunath’s installation at the Hammer runs through October 14.