Without desire for food and sex, humans would have died
Although people call her “sexy robot”
She is goodness to me
Before working with Dior, I had been painting for 30 years
And I had held around 150 solo and group exhibitions
I have been crazy for metal since childhood
Such as chrome parts on cars and chrome taps
And robot is a representative metal product
Light, reflection and transparency are the three points that I value the most
People tend to imagine real human body when they see the robots
Such as the big sisters and ideal females they like
Art is the trigger of such fantasies
I adored dinosaurs when I was a child
So I turn dinosaurs into robots too
When I paint dinosaur and sexy robots
I take them as autonomous creatures
If this woman or this dinosaur is alive, how would they act
I would imagine the dinosaur darting across mud
It breathes heavily with its engine still hot
I want to show the life and Eros at the moment
In the morning, I’m usually the first one to get up at home
After finish washing, I clean cat poops
Then I go to my studio and concentrate on painting
Like crazy
But when I’m home, I’m a good husband
There’re lots of documents sorted according to colors
I went to a university on Shikoku and the atmosphere there was stifling
So I was kicked out by the university
Suddenly I remembered that I had a good painting time and I was praised
So I went to Tokyo to study in a design college
50 years ago, it was impossible to make a living by painting
So I chose commercial designing
I earned only 70,000 yen a month when I worked for ADK
After I resigned, I earned 1 million yen for one project
I was so happy, and thanks to the projects I could afford the house
Many people know my works because of the designer works
I don’t hate working with commercial brands at all
We help each other to reach a higher level
I’m the kind of painter who wants to gain recognition from the world
Creating is a communication with the audience
You have to surprise them with your works and make your works popular, or they’re meaningless
If I can make adults “wow” like children, then I win
So I keep myself in an aggressive state
As for my new works
The idea is to discuss the possibility of love between artificial creatures and natural creatures
It sounds inconceivable, but why can’t it be the ultimate love
How long do you paint each day?
Today it’s 0, because you disturbed me
I used to paint for 3 days and 3 nights but that’s bad for my health
Every time I hold the brush, I feel I’m a genius
Working in a focused manner for 3-4 hours is a more productive way to me
So I haven’t stayed up for decades
Alberto Giacometti said
“You have to live 1,000 years to make works that you’re satisfied with”
I only wanted to live 300 years
After listening to his words, I want to live 1000 years too
So you mean you haven’t made any work that you’re satisfied with by far
Yes.
Chaplin said “next one”
But I want to say “next standard”
In other words, I want to create works that can echo down for centuries
I wish they can still be widely-known masterpieces even after I have died for one century