Untitled (HRGHS01) 2020

Artist: Hajime Sorayama
Title: Untitled (HRGHS01)
Year: 2020
Medium: Digital print on paper
Image Size: 66.7 × 97.5 cm (26 1/4 × 38 3/8 in)
Sheet Size: 72.8 × 103.0 cm (28 5/8 × 40 1/2 in)
Edition: 25 — signed and numbered
Signature: Signed and numbered lower right — this example: /25
Type: Large-format limited edition digital print

Description:

Untitled (HRGHS01) (2020) is a major large-format digital print from Hajime Sorayama — the Japanese artist whose hyper-realistic airbrush paintings of chrome robots, sexualised androids, and biomechanical organisms have made him one of the most influential visual artists of the past half century, a figure who operated at the intersection of fine art, science fiction, and fetish aesthetics long before those territories became fashionable crossover ground.

The composition is quintessential Sorayama at his most technically audacious: a female figure, rendered with the flesh-toned hyperrealism of the finest academic painting, is enveloped and penetrated by chrome biomechanical organisms — part crustacean, part spacecraft, part surgical instrument — their polished surfaces reflecting light with the mirror-perfect precision that is Sorayama's most recognisable technical signature. A gold ankh pendant hangs from the figure's hand — the Egyptian symbol of life suspended between the organic body and the mechanical world that surrounds it. The figure is inverted, her head thrown back, her expression ambiguous: ecstatic, surrendered, or simply absorbed into a world where the boundary between the biological and the technological has ceased to exist.

The work belongs to the aesthetic tradition Sorayama calls "sexy robot" — a category he essentially invented and has pursued with extraordinary consistency and technical virtuosity since the 1970s. His influence on the visual language of science fiction, advertising, industrial design, and contemporary fine art is incalculable: HR Giger, Ridley Scott, and the entire aesthetic of the Alien franchise owe a debt to his biomechanical visual language, and his collaborations with Sony (the AIBO robot), Dior, and Supreme have brought his work to new generations of collectors and enthusiasts.

Produced as a digital print on paper in an edition of just 25 — one of the smallest and most exclusive in his published works — signed and numbered lower right. At 66.7 × 97.5 cm, the image commands the wall with the authority of a major studio work.

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FAQ 

Is this an original Sorayama print?
Yes — an original digital print on paper, signed and numbered by the artist from an edition of 25.

What is the edition size?
Strictly limited to 25 impressions — one of the smallest editions in Sorayama's published work.

What is the significance of HRGHS01 in the title?
The alphanumeric designation is the work's catalogue reference — a standard identification system for Sorayama's studio production.

Who is Hajime Sorayama?
Hajime Sorayama (b. 1947, Imabari, Japan) is a Japanese artist renowned for his hyper-realistic airbrushed paintings of chrome robots and biomechanical organisms. He created the visual design for Sony's AIBO robot dog and has collaborated with Dior, Supreme, and Medicom. His work is considered foundational to the aesthetic of science fiction cinema and contemporary design culture.

What is the gold ankh in the composition?
The ankh — the Egyptian symbol of life — appears as a deliberate conceptual element: the symbol of biological life suspended between the organic human body and the chrome mechanical world that surrounds it, raising questions about where life resides in a posthuman universe.

Do you ship internationally?
Yes — worldwide, with museum-grade flat packaging for large-format works on paper, full insurance, and shipment tracking