Hajime Sorayama: Hajime Sorayama: Bio Mechanics, Gebunden
Hajime Sorayama: Bio Mechanics
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Aktueller Preis: EUR 71,29
- Verlag:
- Rizzoli International Publications, 10/2025
- Einband:
- Gebunden
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780847875610
- Artikelnummer:
- 12230960
- Umfang:
- 304 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 567 g
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 14.10.2025
- Hinweis
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Klappentext
The definitive critical appraisal of the work of Hajime Sorayama, most known for his sleek, otherworldly, science fiction–fueled paintings, drawings, and large-scale sculptures created with painstaking technical detail.Trained as an illustrator and industrial designer, the Japanese pop artist Hajime Sorayama was, early on, recognized for his design work on the original Sony AIBO—the groundbreaking robotic dog originally released in 1999. His more public-facing artworks continued to grow, his precise, often erotic portrayals of femme robots garnering critical and mass attention. His style, beloved by many, blends equal parts realistic detail and obsession with the future. Sorayama’s work has traveled the globe, garnering crowds of fans at institutions the world over. His works have even landed him center stage alongside the musician The Weeknd, where his robots served as the backdrop to his worldwide tour.
Sorayama’s science fiction–fueled fantasies and preoccupation with the female form have resulted in a sprawling oeuvre—sketches, paintings, sculptures, and more—spanning thousands of pieces, earning him a permanent place on the mantle alongside Japanese pop artists including Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, and the late Keiichi Tanaami. His die-hard fan base is global.
While Sorayama is most known for his illustrations depicting gynoids and pinups, his breadth of work has grown to include iconic fashion collaborations, larger-than-life robotic sculptures—femenoids up to eight feet tall, a twelve-foot T-Rex sculpture, depictions of pop culture icons of the West, and more.
This volume, insightfully edited and succinctly designed, widens the lens to showcase the artist’s undeniable influence on the art world and popular culture at large. This book is published on the occasion of a traveling retrospective of the artist’s work and is an indispensable volume for fans of the artist as well as an essential for fans of science fiction, streetwear, and pop culture as a whole.
Biografie
Hajime Sorayama was born in 1947 in Imabari, Ehime prefecture, Japan. He received his basic education at Imabari Kita High School. In 1965 he was admitted to the Shikoku Gakuin University, where he began to study Greek and English literature In 1967, after the publication of his first work, Pink Journal, he transferred to Tokyo's Chuo Art School where he began to study art. Sorayama graduated in 1968 at the age of 21, and gained an appointment in an advertising agency. He became a freelance illustrator in 1972. In 1978 he drew his first robot and that started his career as a unique artist lauded by his peers fans and collectors . In retrospect, Sorayama's work has been remarkably prescient. Beginning in the 1970's and evolving into the 21st century, the futuristic aura of the robotic, mythic and fantastical figures in his art have always been ahead of their time in many cases predictive of future reality. He resides in Tokyo.
Hajime Sorayama
Hajime Sorayama: Bio Mechanics
Aktueller Preis: EUR 71,29