Rio Kobayashi & Fritz Rauh
January 18-March 1, 2025
Rio Kobayashi & Fritz Rauh features new furniture by Japanese-Austrian designer Rio Kobayashi and historic paintings and works on paper by German-born Fritz Rauh (1920–2011). Several never-before-seen paintings by Rauh, an emblematic painter of Marin’s mid-century artistic community, play against contemporary furniture made by London-based Kobayashi at the Blunk House in 2024. Connecting them through the hinge of JB Blunk’s legacy, a conversation emerges around organic forms, free intuitive expression, and vigorous color deftly bound by technical rigor.
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Rio Kobayashi
Bench, 2024
Salvaged redwood and paint
19 x 24 x 75 inches
48.3 x 61 x 190.5 cm
(RIO–002)
Fritz Rauh
Untitled, 1996
Acrylic on canvas
51 x 41 x 1 1/2 inches
129.5 x 104.1 x 3.8 cm
(FR–008)
Rio Kobayashi
Chair, 2024
Salvaged redwood and paint
43 x 24 x 22 inches
109.2 x 61 x 55.9 cm
(RIO–005)
Fritz Rauh
Untitled, 1968
Acrylic on canvas
35 x 53 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches
88.9 x 136.5 x 3.8 cm
(FR–005)
Fritz Rauh
Untitled, 1980
Acrylic on canvas
49 x 41 x 2 inches
124.5 x 104.1 x 5.1 cm
(FR–010)
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Rio Kobayashi
Table, 2024
Salvaged redwood and paint
29 x 27 x 72 inches
73.7 x 68.6 x 182.9 cm
(RIO–001)
Rio Kobayashi
Stool, 2024
Salvaged redwood and paint
18 x 18 x 9 inches
45.7 x 45.7 x 22.9 cm
(RIO–004)
Rio Kobayashi
Low table, 2024
Salvaged redwood and paint
9 1/2 x 14 x 25 inches
24.1 x 35.6 x 63.5 cm
(RIO–003)
Fritz Rauh
Enigma, 1979
Acrylic on canvas
41 1/2 x 30 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches
105.4 x 77.2 x 3.8 cm
(FR–001)
Rio Kobayashi
Sculpture, 2024
Salvaged redwood and paint
8 x 18 x 9 1/2 inches
20.3 x 45.7 x 24.1 cm
(RIO–006)
Fritz Rauh
Untitled, 1987
Acrylic on canvas
16 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches
41.9 x 52.1 x 3.2 cm
(FR–002)
Fritz Rauh
Untitled, 1973
Watercolor on paper laid on canvas
19 1/2 x 25 x 1 1/2 inches
49.5 x 63.5 x 3.8 cm
(FR–004)