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metamorphosis 2 is an eye-popping collection of imaginative and pop-surrealist figurative art, executed by some of the finest and most influential artists working today. it features 50 contemporary artists, including h. r. giger, ron english, robert williams, chris mars, lori earley, tiffany bozic, shawn barber, david m. bowers, heidi taillefer, david stoupakis, travis louie, greg 'craola' simkins, michael hussar, paul booth and many others. the metamorphosis series provides exposure for artists who express themselves imaginatively with exceptional technique and uncompromised individuality. metamorphosis showcases this ever- expanding international movement of figurative artists who have resisted current trends in the art world and remained true to their artistic vision.
bild und text mit persoenlicher und freundlicher erlaubnis von jon beinart
after this unsatisfying attempt at college, studying greek and then english, sorayama's childhood affinity for drawing let him to japan's chuo art school in 1967. graduating in 1969, he was employed by the advertising firm asahi tsushin-sha in tokyo as a comprehensive illustrator.
he began working independently as a free-lance illustrator in 1972.
in 1978 he started drawing robots, and a year later, these female figures began to surface publicly. shile Sorayama's fine-tuned technique is superbly suitable for a wide range of subjects, his favourite remains the erotically charged form of a naked woman.
in 1994, he held his first one-man show in america at the tamara bane gallery, california. a special sorayama article appeared in the silver anniversary issue of penthouse magazine.
in 1995, he designed a mechanical warrior in a science fiction movie space trucker. in the same year, he secured a long-term engagement to publish art monthly in penthouse magazine.
hajime sorayama sorayama.net
