ROBERT KOBAYASHI
Glass Cup, 1998
Ceiling tin, paint, nails on wood
27 x 28 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Copyright The Estate of Robert Kobayashi
Parallel hatches of gradient tin form the illusion of three-dimensionality in Kobayashi’s Glass Cup. The tessellated surfaces of his green apples bring to mind the brushwork found in Cezanne's Still...
Parallel hatches of gradient tin form the illusion of three-dimensionality in Kobayashi’s Glass Cup. The tessellated surfaces of his green apples bring to mind the brushwork found in Cezanne's Still life with Apples, 1894. Close examination of Cezanne’s paint handling and Kobayashi’s tin marquetry allows the viewer to pull back the curtain, revealing the magic behind the artists' sleight of hand.
Exhibitions
"ADAA: The Art Show 2021" Park Avenue Armory, NYC, NY, 4 -7 November, 2021."Robert Kobayashi : Moe's Meat Market," Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC, 17 September 2020 - 7 November 2020.
Literature
Behringer, David. “The Nailed Sculpture of Robert Kobayashi,” Design Milk, 26 October 2020.