AISHONANZUKA is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of japanese legendary illustrator Hajime Sorayama (1947-) in Hong Kong.
Sorayama graduated from Chubi Central Art School in Tokyo in 1969 and first spent some time working with an advertising company. Since 1972 when he became a freelance, he has been a legendary artist armed with his astounding reali metallicity stic techniques. His works of female images, pursuing of robot and eroticism are well known both inside and outside of Japan. This reputation was initially established in 1978 with the work series entitled “Sexy Robot” , which shocked people throughout the world for his artful depictions of sensual metallic qualities and reflected light. In 1999, he won both the Good Design Grand Prize from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Media Arts Festival Grand Prize from the Agency from Cultural Affairs for his work with Sony on the concept design for their entertainment robot AIBO. In 2001, Sorayama received another prize for this invention, this time from the Asahi newspaper, and in this same year the 1st generation AIBO was added to the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. As if that weren’ t enough, the internationally famous rock band Aerosmith collaborated with Sorayama on the artwork for the cover of their 2001 album Just Push Play.
He has won respect from artists worldwide as one of the Godfather of airbrush painting. Sorayama says, “In pursuit of hyper-realism, I use the airbrush in a way that naturally depicts minute details of human skin, lips, eyeballs, hair, even individual body hair, or the feel of leather or silk clothes, the metallicity of the robot, the reflection of light...” Regarding the possibilities of realistic painting, he has said, “I can make characters with acrobatic postures, which is absolutely impossible with photographs, or costumes that don’ t exist in reality. In addition, I can modify the body freely even which is not anatomically correct, or composite to a beautiful woman according to my taste.” Surely we can say that through his insatiable pursuit of aesthetic sense, he has generated something new.
This exhibition will display more than 15 excellent print works selected from most famous and important works in his 80’ s airbrush robot paintings and new edition” s sculpture.
AISHONANZUKA 將會在香港舉行第二次日本傳奇插畫藝術家空山基(1947-)的個人展覽。
空山基於 1969 年畢業於東京中央美術學園，其後在廣告公司工作，自 1972 年起成為自由工作者，開始創作驚人的精細描繪金 屬技巧繪畫。他繪畫的女性結合了機械人和情慾，聞名於日本與海外。1978 年他因名為「性感機械人」一系列作品聲名漸起， 人們都被畫中的金屬質感和反光的細緻描繪所震撼。1999 年他爲索尼所構思設計的娛樂型機器人 AIBO 贏得文化廳媒體藝術祭大 獎，並於 2001 年因此發明而得到由朝日新聞所頒發的獎項;同年，第一代 AIBO 成為了史密森尼學會及現代藝術博物館的永久收藏。 國際知名搖滾樂隊史密斯飛船更在 2001 年的專輯 “Just Push Play” 以空山基作品為封面。
作爲噴槍畫界的先驅之一，空山基得到了世界各地藝術家的尊重。他說:「為追求超寫實主義，運用噴槍可以自然地繪畫人體皮膚， 嘴唇，頭髮，以至每根毛髮或皮革絲質布料，機械人的金屬質感以及反光的細節 ......」對於寫實繪畫的可能性方面，他說:「我可 以創作出在拍照時也絕對不可能做到的高難度姿勢和現實中不存在的服飾。再者，我可以自由地修改非正常解剖學中的身軀比例 或創造依照自己意向的美麗女性」。毫無疑問，這是空山基透過對美學永不滿足的追求而開創了嶄新的風格。
是次展覽將會挑選超過 15 份空山基過往的成名之作展出，當中包括八十年代的機械人噴槍繪畫及新版雕塑。
