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Giger Hardcover – Illustrated, 1 Nov. 2018

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Swiss artist HR Giger (1940-2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger's biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia.

The visions drew on demons of the past, harking back as far as Giger's earliest childhood fears as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom, of pollution and wasted resources, and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival.

From surrealist dream landscapes created with a spray gun and stencils to album cover designs, from guillotine-like sculptures to self-designed bars, Giger personally guides us through his multi-faceted universe in this definitive introduction to a master of horror. Detailed reproductions and designs and a foreword by Timothy Leary complement Giger's intimate autobiographical texts.

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Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features:

a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance

a concise biography

approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

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96 pages
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English
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Taschen
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1 Nov. 2018
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20.83 x 1.52 x 25.91 cm
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3836534207
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978-3836534208
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H.R. Giger (1940 2014) was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor and set designer. He first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasy landscapes, and rose to fame through high profile movie work, most notably as part of the team behind the visual effects in Alien, which won an Academy Award. H.R. Giger's album covers for Debbie Harry and Emerson, Lake and Palmer were voted as being among the top hundred in music history by music journalists, while furniture designed by Giger graces bars from Tokyo to Switzerland. H.R Giger was named in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013. H.R. Giger s many titles for TASCHEN include the Collector s Edition Hologramm (1998), one of the first large format books TASCHEN ever published, as well as www HR Giger com, and HR Giger Arh+.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen; Illustrated edition (1 Nov. 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836534207
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3836534208
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.83 x 1.52 x 25.91 cm

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NumberSix

Great introduction to Giger's work - but note that it is a reissue

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2022

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Another great introductory book in Taschen's "Basic Art" series. But, note that this book is basically a reprint of the book titled "ARh+" that was published in the early 90s, basically only updated to include a few items in the chronology after the publication of the first book up to the date of Giger's unfortunate demise in 2014.

As an overview of the great man's work, it is more or less perfect. The text is mainly by Giger himself, and is autobiographical with some insights into his influences and so on. The illustrations are fantastic, of course, and cover Giger's whole career including album covers (for e.g. Debbie Harry and Emerson Lake and Palmer, as well as the famously controversial Dead Kennedys cover), painting (such as the influential "biomechanical" series), sculpture and film work including the legendary designs for the Alien films.

Of course, Giger's work is, well, not for the faint hearted, so anyone who's a bit squeamish or easily offended should probably cross this off their wishlist, but you'd be missing out on the work of one of the true visionary artists of the 20th century.

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R Rao

Great introduction to a brilliantly unique artist.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2020

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HR Giger is best known for designing the creature in the 'Alien' movies, but I first became aware of him through his album cover artwork for heavy metal bands such as Danzig, Celtic Frost and Carcass. I wanted a book of his work and opted for the paperback version of Taschen's 'Giger - Basic Art', as I preferred the cover image to that of the hardback edition.

Far from being a typically flimsy paperback, this version has a nice, thick, glossy sleeve and good quality pages. The book contains nice reproductions of Giger's most famous (and infamous) pieces, including 'The Master and the Margarita', 'Satan I' and the highly controversial 'Landscape XX' which resulted in an obscenity trial. There are comprehensive explanatory notes which provide loads of information about the artist and his work.

'Giger Basic Art' is highly recommended to anyone who wants a nice, affordable collection of the Swiss genius's work, but be warned. While he is well known for his use of dark and disturbing themes, some of the pieces featured within are VERY sexually explicit and NOT suitable for minors.

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A magnificent read combined. The illustrations and played are disturbingly magnetic!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2019

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As an amateur artist, my taste is eclectic. I remember one of Mr. Tiger's paintings from an album sleeve by a rock band called Nice. This was long before the making of the film Alien. I find his work strangely seductive, but in a terrifying way. The singer/songwriter, Frank Zappa once posed the question in a song: "What's the ugliest part of your body?" The answer was, " It's your mind! " Beauty nd horror coexist in our minds. Mr. To get has found a way to merge both in such a way that attracts and repels. I find his work visionary. How far have we come since the innocent days of The Bionic Man!

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Great work!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2020

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Gret value for money, including detailed anecdotes of Gigers younger life, career and relationships. Problems are its a little bit small, between A4 and A5 in size, nice and compact but you can't really appreciate the paintings as much as you might. Also it is only about 100 pages long, so there is less of Giger's work that might be included, though the ones that are included are particularl nice and rarer pieces, like The Witches painting which I am a big fan of. Nice that it doesn't just focus on Alien, though this film it is given an honourable position as the major source of Giger's popularity, but significantly includes GIger's earlier and later art work when he was moving onto other projects and ideas, particularly sculpting. Another potential criticism is the text is quite small, of about a font size 9 or 10, which is nice but might be difficult for some people to read.

I would recomment it since Giger art books are quite rare, though is not really worth above £15. Be warned that some of the art work inside is quite sexually explicit so is not suitable for those under 16.

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S. sayers

Good value introduction to Geiger you can read in a few hours

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2020

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Been interested in Geiger for a while because of alien, I'm not a big reader normally so this book was perfect. It has some good short stories and insights into the artist and lots of great art to look at. I read this in a few hours and it scratched the itch of me wanting to know a bit more about the guy who designed the alien and showed me more of the bio mechanical art which I'm into.

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Illogical loser

Worthy edition for all fans of Giger

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2022

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Although most of the images in this compilation have been printed in other collections its still a worthy book to purchase and add to the incredible taschen Giger back catalogue. Well priced and presented.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2022

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Compact book with descent information to have in it!

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d armstrong

good book but easy to see what he was obsessed with

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2021

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I do have several Giger books and this one is a handy size , covers most subjects , interesting text and the art work is well reproduced

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