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Art of H.R. Giger, Sorayama stuns in Beijing

Updated: 2022-12-28 14:36 ( chinadaily.com.cn )

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Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama's work is on show at UCCA Lab in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"The way Giger melded flesh with the machine and displayed organs within mechanic skin is appalling yet mesmerizing," commented a visitor to the Beijing show.

Contrary to Giger's art that evokes post-apocalyptic fear, Sorayama's shiny, metallic feminine robots, inspire a longing for a utopian technological future where humans and robots live in harmony. In a 2021 interview, the Japanese artist likened his work and that of Giger to Eros and Thanatos, the gods of love and death in Greek mythology.