<h3>If you love trendy art, you won't be unfamiliar with this Sexy Robot mechanical ji. Although it is a metal body, it has the same smoothness and gentleness as the flow of clouds and water. </h3>
<h5>The first domestic exhibition of Japanese artist Kuyama Ki landed in Shanghai! The exhibition presents the artist's important works from the 1970s to the present, including prints and sculptures mainly based on "Mechanical Ji". Although Kōzan Kizen himself could not attend the scene in person, in the media online dialogue, he mentioned: I very much hope that Young people in China can feel happiness and inspiration in my works, which is my happiness. </h5>
Remember the 9150kg, 12-meter-tall Sexy Robot at the 2019 Dior Fashion Show?
As the colorful laserlights intertwined and swept down, the ground was covered with cherry blossoms, and the giant mechanical hime full of metallic luster gradually appeared, shocking the audience.
Since its introduction, the mechanical Hime created by Japanese artist Akira Kuyamaji has quickly become a bellwether for the joint brand name of the trend. Not only has it cooperated with popular IPs such as Sony, Bearbrick, X-large, Uniqlo, Disney, and Star Wars, but it is favored by young people and has paid for it.
Li Ning x Empty Mountain Base
Why does a robot have enduring magic? At the exhibition site of "Empty Mountain Base Metropolis", a series of cold and beautiful mechanical Ji Ji approached, and the mystery was strongly revealed.
The fusion of metal and female body is always a reverie proposition. Even as Andy Warhol had predicted, the future would be a 15-minute era of fame — not precise enough for the artist Kuyamaji. His creation, Sexy Robot, was enveloped in the complexity of coldness and lust, influencing contemporary art for forty years.
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From now on, Khlong ShanJi's first large-scale exhibition in China kicked off at the Hao Art Museum in Shanghai. "Empty Mountain Base: Metropolis" will present the mechanical creation of Empty Mountain Base from the 1970s to the present, and systematically introduce the artist's continuous practice in painting, sculpture, installation and other fields.
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The exhibition mainly presents the paintings and sculptures of "Mechanical Ji" created by Khlong San ki from around 1978 to 2020, and accidentally falls into the cold and lustful future world.
The most memorable is the exhibition hall inspired by the green bedroom from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
If you observe Mechanic Ji up close, you can immediately realize how extreme Kōzanji's control of the details of the process is. Each mechanical ji in the exhibition, whether it is the slight curvature of the fingertips, the folds on the clothes, the drape of the knots, are so delicate that they seem to exude warm vitality.
"Painting people is simple because we understand the configuration of bones and muscles.
But the stiff texture of the robot is difficult to feel vivid, the most difficult parts, such as the robot wearing a swimsuit, how should the water droplets on the top of the head flow when they encounter metal, and what kind of depression should be generated at the seams of the steel plate of the swimsuit strap?
Thankfully, I survived. ”
- Empty Mountain Base
<h2>Color, that is, the empty mountain base</h2>
Born on February 22, 1947 in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, Kuyama Ki has shown a passion for three things since childhood: painting, sparkling metal, and the female body.
Even though people nowadays are keen to interpret Mechanic Ji as an illusion of the future, Kushan Ki always says that I just want to present human skin with a metallic texture.
When Star Wars 4 was released in 1977, the world was plunged into a wave of humanoid machinery. Originally full of expressive desire for women,Khun Yamaji, inspired by the movie "Metropolis", drew a sexy robot "Sexy Robot" based on the German expressionist female robot Maria.
In an online interview at the Hao Art Museum, Mr. Khlongyama Ki recalled: "When I first saw Maria on TV, I felt very bland. Until the sexy female figure in the movie appeared in front of me, I began to think, how to represent her better? ”
Kuyamaji chose to use an airbrush as a drawing tool in his creations, and this spray painting technique was greatly recognized by the art world. Under his spray gun, everyone remembered that the stiff, straight, cold-faced robot had become a curvy mechanical girl.
Today, Kuyamaji has become one of the hottest artists in the trend circle, and the popularity has even surpassed the traditional "graffiti stream" artists such as Kaws and Takashi Murakami.
Mechanical Ji at the scene of the "Empty Mountain Base: Metropolis" exhibition
Due to the epidemic, Mr. KongShanji was unable to visit the Shanghai exhibition site in person. In a video-linked interview, Mr. Kuyamaji sat in a messy Japanese studio, laughing from time to time, speaking freely, and the golden sentences came out frequently:
💡 How to define sexiness? "If I really knew, I wouldn't have put so much effort into creating."
💡 "Although the work is called Mechanical Sexy Robot, I see it as if it were my child. ”
Dismissive of everything and extremely serious about artistic creation, these two qualities coexist in the 74-year-old Kongshanji, which seems charming and transparent.
<h2>🎙️ Morning News x Empty Mountain Base</h2>
<h3>Q: Do you still insist on creating in hand-drawn form? </h3>
<h3>Q: Will you try other types of creative forms in the future? </h3>
<h3>Q: More than once I've heard Mr. Aki Khlongyama be rated as "ageless and very interesting." What is the secret of your light mind and never stopping creating? </h3>
<h3>Q: I'm curious if Mr. Kuyama ki himself draws inspiration from art forms such as music and film. </h3>
<h3>Q: The fusion of mechanical futurism and sexy female body, many people feel the ultimate romance in your creation, is KushanJi himself a romantic person? </h3>
<h3>Q: What do you think of the new wave caused by young people? </h3>
While I'm not well aware of the emerging trends, I'm old (laughs). But I think that the new trend of the new generation, behind which is hard work, deserves our help and respect. We should coexist peacefully and support each other in this era. If there is no new trend, the world is very lonely. We can't just be bystanders, they'll be lonely.
Empty Mountain Base: Metropolis
Hajime Sorayama: Metropolis
Duration: 18 June 2021 – 21 November 2021
Address: 1st floor of Hao Art Museum (Shanghai).
Source: Thoughtful