Sorayama – Complete Masterworks
This reference catalogue brings together a wealth of surreal and erotic illustrations by airbrush maestro Hajime Sorayama
Sorayama’s a celebrated name in erotic art circles – this book reveals why.
covering the career of the renowned Japanese illustrator from the 1970s onwards, this collection contains page after page of his favourite subject: “the erotically charged female nude.”
Hajime Sorayama is famous for his Sexy Robot paintings, but sheltered readers are quickly brought up to speed with an opening single page biography and exhibition profile. The remaining 462 pages are devoted to airbrushed gynoids and women having explicit fun with bondage equipment.
Amongst these illustrations are the occasional un-erotic pieces such as AIBO, the robot dog Hajime originally designed for Sony, and testimonials from the artist’s friends and colleagues. Frustratingly, the messages are in a range of languages so it’s unlikely one reader is going to be able to decipher them all.
It would’ve been nice for the book to take more of an academic approach as there are only a handful of credits and captions, but in terms of bulk and presentation, this is sure to leave Hajime’s many fans satisfied.