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Hajime Sorayama

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Born in Japan in 1947, Hajime Sorayama graduated in 1968 at the Chuo Art School in Tokyo, and since the early seventies initiates his brilliant career, amply documented by numerous publications and international exhibitions. Sorayama is one of the undisputed leaders in the field of erotic , At the erotic world. With only the use of the brush and the pencil creates works that explore the theme of eroticism it around on the exaltation of the female body, stroking the endless variations: from ultrapatinato glamorous style retro pin-up, even the most modern trends in women fetish cyborg aesthetics and the latest technology.
The author is famous for his illustrations, to the point that was adopted the term super-realism, to define his style in a blend of fantasy and real images so thin as to leave the question of whether his works are photographs made drawings. His drawings are different in two streams: one that recurs sensuality the female body and one that addresses the issue of future technology. It is natural to think that the two currents often are based on representations that fish with full hands on social erotic symbolism, mythology, from the biomechanical and science fiction. His technique is very refined: the artist acrylic sheets affects the contours and main features of the drawing, showing only a few details.
His first book titled "Sexy Robots" dates back to 1983. To this was followed by a score of outstanding books, including the eponymous "Hajime Sorayama" (published by Taschen in 1989), "Venom" (released in 2004 in four editions and languages) until the most recent "Relativision," published in 2007.
Sorayama The first solo exhibition was held in 1988. Since then, the artist has exhibited several times in Japan, the U.S., where in 1996 he was awarded the prestigious Vargas Award, and in Germany (Cologne and Monaco). 2005 saw his first exhibition in New York, alongside the opening of a real showroom devoted entirely to his art. Among the recent successes of Sorayama, it should also be remembered for the establishment of the Sony "AIBO ," the puppy dog \u200b\u200brobot, now joined the permanent collection of MOMA , for which the artist has received two major awards: the "Good Design Grand Prize Award "and the" Media Art Festival Grand Prize Award. It is concluded in recent days in Rome at the Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, the first Italian solo exhibition of this Japanese artist.
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