Art of H.R. Giger, Sorayama stuns in Beijing
Born in 1947, Sorayama developed an interest in metallic things in elementary school by picking iron scraps from a lathe factory. He broke into the art scene in the early 1980s for his signature "sexy robot" series, featuring precisely airbrushed, erotic feminine robots clad in shiny chrome metal and placed in suggestive poses. Sorayama's sexy robot images are widely featured on adult publications and album covers such as Aerosmith's Just Push Play. In 1999, Sorayama also collaborated with Sony and designed "AIBO", the award-winning robotic pet, which is now in the permanent collection of MoMA in New York.
Previously exhibited together in a two-person exhibition that toured between Tokyo and Osaka in Japan from December 2020 to February 2021, Giger and Sorayama's works are brought together again for the Beijing show with a new narrative, new approach towards artwork presentation, and spatial design, to recapitulate the creative context and connections between the two artists' practices.
