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Complete Masterworks
A Grandmaster of technical and erotic phantasy without limits The Japanese artist Sorayama lives in Tokyo. He is a global phenomenon and has the reputation of being an enfant terrible. His art is being shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Smithsonian Institute of Technology Museum. Washington DC,the World Erotic Art Museum, Miami and numerous exhibitions around the world. At last there is a new and considerably expanded edition of his COMPLETE MASTERWORKS in enhanced print quality and at a very reasonable price. This thick tome is a reference catalogue to Sorayama’s rich work including a lot of new illustrations. Printed in high-density and best possible quality his MASTERWORKS sparkle with extraordinary talent, wondrous imagination and impeccable skill. Enjoy! A Grandmaster of technical and erotic phantasy without limits
- GenresArtScience Fiction
480 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2021
About the author
Hajime Sorayama
51 books18 followersHajime Sorayama (空山 基 Sorayama Hajime), born February 22, 1947) is a Japanese illustrator, known for his precisely detailed, erotic hand painted portrayals of women and feminine robots
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July 14, 2022
I'm not here to convince you to be a Sorayama fan. Either you are, and that's why you're here; or you're not, and there's little point in trying to sell you on his artwork, which can be summarized by the formula Sex × Technology = The Future. My job is to talk about how useful this book is as a summation of the man's career, and on that point it is very good indeed, although I have my nitpicks.
The good stuff: First, the production values. For any art book, things like paper quality and binding style matter. Unlike some of Sorayama's other artbooks, this one has actual sewn signatures, not a glue binding. It also has, as the title implies, as close to a complete anthologization of the man's work between one pair of covers as you're likely to find.
The bad stuff: Smaller trim size than his previous books; not all the images are shown at full page size; presentation is only vaguely thematic (there's no indication of the year of production for any one image, for instance); and while there are various hagiographic notes from other artists, there's nothing in the way of the man's own discussions of his work, as featured in previous books. He's clearly worth giving space to talk about his work; see his book Venom as much for his hilarious texts in the back as much for the outlandish imagery.
If you don't have any of Sorayama's books and want to start with a single, reasonably priced all-in-one anthology, here you go.
The good stuff: First, the production values. For any art book, things like paper quality and binding style matter. Unlike some of Sorayama's other artbooks, this one has actual sewn signatures, not a glue binding. It also has, as the title implies, as close to a complete anthologization of the man's work between one pair of covers as you're likely to find.
The bad stuff: Smaller trim size than his previous books; not all the images are shown at full page size; presentation is only vaguely thematic (there's no indication of the year of production for any one image, for instance); and while there are various hagiographic notes from other artists, there's nothing in the way of the man's own discussions of his work, as featured in previous books. He's clearly worth giving space to talk about his work; see his book Venom as much for his hilarious texts in the back as much for the outlandish imagery.
If you don't have any of Sorayama's books and want to start with a single, reasonably priced all-in-one anthology, here you go.
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