ROBERT KOBAYASHI, Selected Chronology Selected Chronology |
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| Author:
| Stigliano, Phyllis
Kobayashi, Kate Keller |
| Editor:
| Stigliano, Phyllis
Kobayashi, Kate Keller |
| Photographer:
| Kobayashi, Kate Keller |
| Designed by:
| Kiyoi, Yoko |
| ISBN: | 978-0-692-95996-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2017 |
| Publisher: | Moe's Meat Market, a gallery
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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Timeline of important events in chronological orderwith accompanying photographs in the life ofAmerican artist Robert Kobayashi, born 1925Honolulu, Territory of HI; died 2015 Honolulu, HI.Artist¿s schooling, service in United States Army,and major influences in his art career ¿ sister Fumi;instructors Willson Stamper-Honolulu School ofArt; John Ferren-Brooklyn Museum Art School, andPointillist artwork A Sunday on La Grande Jatte bySeurat. Major exhibitions in Honolulu ¿ HonoluluAcademy...
More DescriptionTimeline of important events in chronological orderwith accompanying photographs in the life ofAmerican artist Robert Kobayashi, born 1925Honolulu, Territory of HI; died 2015 Honolulu, HI.Artist¿s schooling, service in United States Army,and major influences in his art career ¿ sister Fumi;instructors Willson Stamper-Honolulu School ofArt; John Ferren-Brooklyn Museum Art School, andPointillist artwork A Sunday on La Grande Jatte bySeurat. Major exhibitions in Honolulu ¿ HonoluluAcademy of Arts; Gima¿s Gallery, HonoluluMuseum of Art, and group shows in NYC in the1950¿s with large paintings in Abstract Expressioniststyle and plaster sculptures at Kootz Gallery, andTenth Street cooperative run galleries includingCamino Gallery, and original member of BrataGallery. Career at MoMA-The Museum of ModernArt, NYC, beginning as gardener for Japanese HouseExhibition 1954-1955, until 1978; included in severalgroup shows at MoMA. Reviews by Dore Ashton,Karin Lipson, Roberta Smith, in Art in America, TheNew Yorker, The New York Times, Newsday, andArts. Receives painting award from John HayWhitney Foundation 1958. In 1973 creates first*clouage work, a frame - his technique coined by artwriter Michael Florescu in 1981 in Arts - ofadhering pieces of colored tin onto a woodenunderstructure with small nails depictingstill-lifes, figures, and busts. In 1977, begins settingup surprising tableaus for passers-by in his lockedstorefront at 237 Elizabeth Street, NYC, a formermeat market that retained its name Moe¿s MeatMarket, becoming a gallery devoted to his art from2000 - 2017. Neo-Pointillist paintings of surrealimages, angels, seascapes, and interiors. Major soloshow Tattooed Angel at Nassau County Museum ofFine Art, Roslyn, NY, 1988 with essay Tin by AlecWilkinson. Knopf published children¿s book MariaMazaretti Loves Spaghetti, 1991. Collections: BrooklynMuseum, NY; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI;Microsoft Art Collection, Redmond, WA; andMoMA, NYC.