Only once in a great while comes an artist with a completely new vision of the world. An ability to perceive things in a truly revolutionary manner. A talent to communicate through imagery so unique and provocative that it simply cannot be ignored. H.R. Giger is one such artist.
More than 150 artworks, spanning 20 years in the career of the world's most renowned artist of the fantastical and the surreal, are gathered in one volume, rich with detail and color. Carefully rendered reproductions of Giger's best paintings are accompanied by his own commentary. 70 color illus. 75 b & w illus. 25 b & w photos
"H.R. GIGER'S NECRONOMICON: A startling milestone on the darkly lit road once traveled by the likes of Bosch, Brueghel, Lovecraft, Poe and Kafka. Giger's remarkable book of the dead gives us some of the most powerful images ever an artist drew from the well of the imagination.
Giger hand has fathered some of the most remarkable creatures in recent memory including the creatures in Ridley Scott's film Allen. This pocket-sized book highlights his best work.
This is the first hardback edition of a series of movie tie-ins. The stories range from the competition on Earth to develop the Alien as a new kind of biological weapon, to Earth being totally overrun by Aliens, to the return of Lieutenant Ripley.
Giger's multi-faceted career: From surrealistic dream landscapes, to album cover designs, and sculpture For the last three decades H.R. Giger has reigned as one of the leading exponents of fantastic art. After he studied interior and industrial design for eight years at the School of Commercial Art in Zurich, Switzerland (1962-1970), he was soon gaining attention as an independent artist, with endeavors ranging from surrealistic dream landscapes created with a spray gun and stencils, to album cover designs for famous pop stars, and sculpture. In addition, Giger's multi-faceted career includes designing two bars, located in Tokyo and Chur, as well as work on various film projects--his creation of the set design and title figure for Ridley Scott's film Alien won him not only international fame but also an award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects (1980). "The more famous I get, the more I am tolerated, albeit with some head-shaking." --H.R. Giger About the Series: 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 colour illustrations with explanatory captions
Von Februar bis November 1978 arbeitete HR Giger in den Shepperton Studios bei London an den Figuren und Kulissen des Films „Alien“(1979) von Ridley Scott. Der Film sollte ein Welterfolg werden und brachte Giger einen Oscar ein. In den hier erstmals als Faksimile veröffentlichten und transkribierten „Alien Tagebüchern“ beschreibt HR Giger seine Arbeit in den Studios. Er schreibt, macht Skizzen und fotografiert mit seiner Polaroid SX70. Schonungslos, sarkatisch und zuweilen verzweifelt schildert Giger seinen Alltag in der Filmindustrie, wie er versucht, seine Entwürfe in die Wirklichkeit umzusetzen - allen Widrigkeiten zum Trotz, sei es nun die Knauserigkeit der Produzenten oder die Langsamkeit seiner Mitarbeiter. Die „Alien Tagebücher“ (in deutscher Transkription und englischer Übersetzung) zeigen den Künstler HR Giger von einer kaum bekannten Seite und bieten einen ungewöhnlichen Einblick in die Entstehung dieses Filmklassikers aus Sicht des Schweizer Künstlers. Das Buch enthält fast ausschliesslich unveröffentlichtes Material, darunter Zeichnungen und Polaroids, die das Werden des Monsters zeigen, sowie zahlreiche Standbilder aus dem reichhaltigen Filmmaterial, das Giger in Shepperton aufnahm.
