25 Apr Museum of Sex Deploys Hajime Sorayama’s ‘Desire Machines’ for First Miami Show
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Desire Machines marks the Museum of Sex’s inaugural exhibition at its Miami outpost featuring a selection of Hajime Sorayama‘s iconic ‘sexy robot’ sculpture series alongside 20 never-before-seen paintings.
According to the show’s exhibition statement, Sorayama embarked on his pioneering journey into robotic pin-up art after being inspired by Star Wars in the 1980s. His inaugural creation, a seductive female figure commissioned by a Japanese whiskey brand, marked the beginning of a long career building futuristic female characters. Blurring reality and fantasy, his work combines Eastern and Western cultures, classical art, and pop culture, inviting audiences to contemplate desire and sexuality in an increasingly digital world.
Despite some art institutions’ reluctance to embrace his explicit works, Sorayama remains committed to his fearless exploration of human existence, including desire and reproduction, with venues such as the Museum of Sex embracing humanity and all of its aspects beyond nudism. And despite societal taboos surrounding sexuality, Sorayama believes art should confront the fundamental truths of human existence.
“Sorayama’s open-ended approach to sexual fantasy is particularly relevant now—when we are all cyborgs, when the real and the virtual are almost indistinguishable, and when sex robots, AI companions, and virtual celebrities are more science fact than fiction. Hajime Sorayama: Desire Machines provides an opportunity to contemplate what sexual agency, objectification, privacy, exhibitionism, exclusivity, and intimacy mean in our current digital moment,” said exhibition author, Dr. Allison de Fren.
Head to the Museum of Sex’s website for more information on Desire Machines.
Museum of Sex, Miami
2200 NW 24th Ave
Miami, FL 33142
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