NANZUKA ART INSTITUTE is happy to current Hajime Sorayama’s solo exhibition, Mild, Reflection, Transparency—a significant retrospective showcasing the artist’s most vital works, spanning almost half a century, from the late Nineteen Seventies to the current.
Hajime Sorayama has constantly articulated his creative imaginative and prescient as a pursuit of “gentle,” “reflection,” and “transparency.” This pursuit displays his ongoing efforts to depict gentle in ways in which surpass the restrictions of conventional portray. As Sorayama has repeatedly acknowledged, “To depict gentle, it’s essential to depict air; to depict air, it’s essential to depict transparency; the secret is easy methods to grasp the expression of reflection.” These phrases embody his relentless exploration of recent types of expression that problem the boundaries of creative illustration.
Very like Leonardo da Vinci, who developed the sfumato approach to seize atmospheric perspective, or the Impressionists, who used pointillism to specific gentle, Sorayama frequently pushes himself to create visible illusions which have by no means been achieved earlier than. His work represents a rare try and seize the unseen and discover the deepest layers of human notion.
Sorayama’s depictions of robots, human figures, animals, and dinosaurs supply a speculative imaginative and prescient of a future past the bodily limitations of dwelling beings. His work invitations us to think about an aesthetic future the place natural life varieties have merged with mechanical civilization. These creations stir our creativeness, intertwining themes corresponding to the character of human mind, the physique, and time. Moreover, they increase profound questions: Will expertise transcend the boundaries of the human physique, granting everlasting life? Or will a future emerge the place synthetic intelligence coexists with humanity?
The exhibition options Sorayama’s iconic works, from his first robotic portray for a whiskey advert in 1978 to the legendary feminine robotic featured on Aerosmith’s Everlasting Trip album cowl. It additionally consists of his newest work of robotic dinosaurs and unicorns, together with new sculptures and a video set up that continues to push the boundaries of his craft. A
dditionally, his monumental 12-meter-tall aluminum robotic, initially showcased at Dior’s 2018 runway present, will likely be displayed as a public art work at The Summit. This hanging set up gives guests a strong encounter with Sorayama’s visionary method.
