http://www.hajimesorayama.com/index.html
I've enjoyed Hajime Soraya's work for a few years now. One of his books was given to me by a friend. She said for whatever reason it reminded her of my work. I then later realized that I make my own version of pin-ups.
For a couple of months, I felt so at odds with this revelation-that my work and my outside interests/obsessions were idealized female forms. I thought that I'd become one note and boring and that I was being controlled by the outside advertising entity-which I had, I hit a wall. I don't why I hadn't considered this earlier, but beauty= the sublime for me. I had always contemplated the idea of beauty as power and control. You know, sexual power etc. etc. But I think what really put things in to perspective for me was reading/learning about the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Paris. The architects made it so ornate and beautiful with aims to inspire fear within the hearts of the citizens, thus creating a fear in the power of God. Something so beautiful that they could never hope to attain to in their daily lives. Thinking of beauty as an unattainable 'thing', thus associating it with God, made me think about my own views and, subsequently, my work. Can you find meaning in it? On another note, this revelation (of sorts) made me reevaluate the concept 'my body is a temple.' My interest in bones, being my interest in architecture as it existed in the human form. Building people, building robots so to speak.
I don't know that beauty is boring, really, for me. I think I had been letting other people's opinions bother me too much. I will always love Soraya's gynoids.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIViA9nZ7Mc
love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NLl_U0XZx4
I think about you when your sleeping, and all the secrets that your keeping
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