influences, combining different art historical periods with contemporary Japanese pop culture. Pale, ethereal figures with elongated, tinted eyes and long blond hair bring to mind Japanese Manga characters. In his latest series of connected paintings, many of the figure are pictured with fruits and animals which refer to theme from Christian art such as sin, salvation, envy and love.
canvas straight at the viewer with piercing eyes to show a transition from childhood to adolescence, a physical and mental transitional stage involving social and psychological changes. 'I want my portraits to have a psychological charge and the viewer to feel the fragility of this phase of life,' says Hayama.
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exhibited their work at SCOPE Basel last week. The Saatchi Online stand was a huge success - 25 works were sold at the fair on a non-commission basis and there has been an overwhelming level of interest from collectors, gallerists, dealers and other people visiting the stand. The artists who sold work are: Lena Sadziak, Maurizio Anzeri, Jaap de Vries, Marco Salvetti, Teiji Hayama, Aleksandra Radonich, Angelika J Trojnarski and Giacomo Brunelli.
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Teiji Hayama's paintings join together western and Japanese
The portraits are depicted with frail and nearly asexual bodies, staring out the 
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