Sketchbook: Hajime Sorayama
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Scantily-clad pin-up girls cast come-hither glances, and robots beguile with bionic magnetism. Hajime Sorayama (b. 1947, Japan) occupies a rare position in the contemporary art space as a commercial illustrator turned art market darling, but his femme fatales have amplified his celebrity well beyond white cube walls. Note: As Sorayama’s not one to archive his work with formal titles or dates, we’ve chosen to omit captions for his illustrations in this video.
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Would love to see a video on Yoshitaka Amano, his art is gorgeous and I love the movies he worked on(angel's egg, 1001 nights)
I thank the youtube algo-gods to recommend me this channel back in 2020, I hope they recommend it to so many more waiting to be pleasantly surprised 🌺❤
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@@TheArtTourist indeed !
Wow! This one was a pleasant surprise, and I like the idea behind your new offshoot series on contemporary art. I never thought much about this artist and had no idea he'd moved over from campy illustration to fine art, but I can as easily accept him as any other contemporary artist. Hard to believe that was only 7 minutes, since you opened a window I hadn't really known existed. I would not have guessed he was Japanese. I wouldn't say I'm exactly a fan of his art, but I can see the skill and imagination involved now that I see multiple works together. An excellent intro to his work, and so unexpected.
So glad you enjoyed it! We’ve dabbled in contemporary features before but haven’t done so in quite a while. It’s really awesome to hear that it expanded your appreciation of Sorayama’s work!
@@TheArtTourist It's not just that it's contemporary, but it's your choice of artist. It was completely unexpected, and even risky, thus refreshing. Most of the time I see people cover contemporary art it's either the big name stuff everyone knows already, or the, uh, more "political" contemporary art that one is morally obligated to promote. This was neither. And I'm not even a fan of his art. I'm more a fan of the video and the audacity of making it.
He even managed to fit in the Cambrian explosion.
I think it’s interesting how in the past in fine art at least the objectified women looked back at you.
His work fits the modern zeitgeist of online anonymity and an lack of connection.
His biggest superlative can be said that his stuff earns money.
Shrug.
A fair enough read!
Enable subtitles in your videos, please. Greetings from Brasil.
Just saw a post on Michael Jackson History tour iconic robotic costume being inspired by sorayama. He was a fan.
It would be nice to know more about Aya Takano, Ichiro Tsuruta, and Pater Sato!
Great spotlight on a very interesting contemporary artist, hoping Patrick Nagel will be featured one day too.
Thank heavens for the sub-text of your adjectives, S.C.! "Eye candy" ... "bankable" and your concluding advice. I welcome erotica when it has depth (Lautrec, Eric Gill, Duncan Grant, Beardsley and the writer, Anais Nin, achieve fathoms), but Mr Sorayama's got his wallet open with formula + repetition, and a love of the shallow end, regardless of the surrounding context and cross-references that abound to give his work a modicum of weight. Note in his work an almost complete lack of sensuality, and may we also assume that his repetitiveness is entirely commercial, not particularly developed (in stylistic terms) and that his appetite is for sensation (in one eye and out the other) and barely achievement. Nonetheless, the log book of 'art' and affected art needs to be kept up to date - and for that, ta. MB
Totally fair! I get the sense that Sorayama’s work is pretty polarizing, insofar as it elicits either a ‘wow!’ or an eye-roll. Jason calls it ocular art, which I think sums it up nicely. I’ve read interviews with Sorayama in which he refers to himself as an entertainer, so he’s clearly a willing provocateur. And a fun deviation from our usual beat!
So, you're going to do a short video on Namio Harukawa?
Fascinating video. Such an instantly recognisable artist, but one I knew literally nothing about until I watched this.
Thanks! We hope you enjoyed learning about him and his contemporaries!
Doooood. This video is so great! Thank you for introducing me to him. And providing great inspiration! You're the best!
Thank you so much for saying that! Really glad you enjoyed it :)
Who isn't beguiled by fembot pin-ups? Lol. Some of the "contemporary shunga" reminded me of an exhibition by Masami Teraoka I saw here in LA a few years ago.
This video puts Sorayama in a vision of art that nowadays with robotic and Ai era coming , is giving a wrong glance of the artist
I love this channel so much!
I wish they could do a video on Pierneef
Wow! I’m not familiar with Pierneef but his work is awesome - thank you so much for directing my attention to him! He’s been added to the list :)
@@TheArtTourist I am particularly in deep love with his black and white paintings.
I am not sure why.
I don't know much about him or paintings or art in general...so I learn from you.
I have a set of trading cards of his work. Sexy.
hes always been one of my favorite artists....the way he paints reflective metal
Sketch book on Daniel Arsham please!
You should do a video on Peter de Seve. Great artist.
I'm here from the echoes of silence music video
Hi can I ask a question?
I'm grade 9 now...and I want to become a museum director soon.
(hhahhahaha Wildest dreams)
Kindly recommend a books that I should read....(I mean advance study) any recommendations????
A noble pursuit! You might want to consider formally studying museum management then, and working your way up from there. Unfortunately there are no books that will magically score you the role, but if you’re interested in bulking up your knowledge of art, there’s Ernst Gombrich’s The Story of Art, The Art Book, published by Phaidon, Taschen’s Basic Art series, and countless other resources depending upon what kind of art interests you.
@@TheArtTourist oh my God thank you so much 😭💛💛
Excellent, seen all (I think) of your videos and each episode was a gem! Loved them all! Would love to see your take on some people, mentioned but presumably not gotten around to yet. Lichtenstein, Allbrecht Durer, Salvador Dali, Henry Moore, L.S.Lowry, the Bloomsbury group... oh err, there's just so many and now I have to plod forward awaiting your next production. 😱😭
Yeah… sorry about that. We both work full time so it’s hard to get new videos out in a timely fashion these days. Hopefully we’ll have a new one finished in the next week or so!
@Several Circles | Art History Hi, thanks for the response. Good to hear your both working full-time, we live in trying, interesting and uncertain times! Possibly in the coming years we'll see an upsurge in dark gloomy mask ridden angst and pandemic paranoia as a traumatized generation of insular artists either come to the fore or simply disappear to the vanishing point. Please, keep well, I'll look forward to your next gem. Thanks!
Could you make a video about William-Adolphe Bouguereau?
Yes! He’s on the list :)
Fantastic video.
Fascinating. I really enjoy all of your great work, thank you 🙏
Thank you for watching! ✨
wonderful, i found his work through some sci fi art instagram pages but didn't realise he was still very much active in the art world and beyond... his ties to the hypebeast realm interests me especially. the playboy pieces have got me thinking though, it would be wonderful if you did a video on the gorgeous sensual art of olivia de berardinis, in my opinion the absolute best pin up artist ever everrr
Wow her work is cool! And yeah he’s still very much active in multiple creative realms. It’s fascinating to hear about all the places people have encountered him by and by!