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'''Hajime Sorayama''' (born 1947) is a Japanese artist known for his super-realistic airbrush pin- | '''Hajime Sorayama''' (born 1947) is a Japanese artist known for his super-realistic [[airbrush]] images of [[pin-up]]s and [[gynoid]]s (female robots), | ||
and the artificial intelligence robot dog AIBO that he designed for Sony. Sorayama's rise to fame started with his surfing organic robotic form in 1978 and in particular in the mid-1980s when he published a series of organic metal clad female forms from which the art establishment coined the phrase "Sexy Robots" | and the artificial intelligence robot dog [[AIBO]] that he designed for Sony. Sorayama's rise to fame started with his surfing organic robotic form in 1978 and in particular in the mid-1980s when he published a series of organic metal clad female forms from which the art establishment coined the phrase "Sexy Robots" <ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.sorayama.net/artist_bio/biography.html | |||
| title = Biography | |||
| publisher = Artspace Company Y | |||
}}</ref>. By the early 1990s the artist's futuristic and [[Shunga]] style works had been published in ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'', [[Playboy (magazine)|''Playboy'']], a variety of books, music media, TV and movies. At the start of 2000's first decade Sorayama had received the highest design award that may be conferred by Japan. His organic metallic form of the first artificial intelligent pet Sony's AIBO <ref>{{citation | |||
| url = http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A22591&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1 | |||
| title = Hajime Sorayama. (Japanese, born 1947) | |||
| publisher = [[Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art]]}}</ref> was accepted as part of the permanent collections of MOMA and the [[Smithsonian Institution]] museums. | |||
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Revision as of 00:17, 28 December 2009
Hajime Sorayama (born 1947) is a Japanese artist known for his super-realistic airbrush images of pin-ups and gynoids (female robots), and the artificial intelligence robot dog AIBO that he designed for Sony. Sorayama's rise to fame started with his surfing organic robotic form in 1978 and in particular in the mid-1980s when he published a series of organic metal clad female forms from which the art establishment coined the phrase "Sexy Robots" [1]. By the early 1990s the artist's futuristic and Shunga style works had been published in Penthouse, Playboy, a variety of books, music media, TV and movies. At the start of 2000's first decade Sorayama had received the highest design award that may be conferred by Japan. His organic metallic form of the first artificial intelligent pet Sony's AIBO [2] was accepted as part of the permanent collections of MOMA and the Smithsonian Institution museums.
Referenc
- ↑ Biography, Artspace Company Y
- ↑ Hajime Sorayama. (Japanese, born 1947), Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art