WWW HR Giger Com (25 Spring)
A Great Book For A Low Price
HR Giger first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasy
landscapes. However, he scored his breakthrough in applied art, and
particularly in his high-profile movie work on Ridley Scotts Alien. In 1980,
he received an Oscar for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his
designs of the films title creature and its otherworldly environment. His
other celebrated film projects include Poltergeist II, Alien 3 and Species,
for which he designed a deadly but beautiful half-extraterrestrial female
creature and a fantastic nightmare train. Gigers 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 a bar in Chur, Switzerland.
Personal Review: WWW HR Giger Com (25 Spring)
I picked up this book at my local Borders. I was there on a whim, browsing
the art section, when I saw this gem. After noting the VERY attractive

price, I decided on the spot it had to come home with me, as I'm a fan of
Giger's work.
As I perused this volume, I fell in love with more than just the art
(admittedly, Giger is just not to everyone's taste...if you're not a Giger fan,
then this book and this review will do nothing for you, and it's not an
attempt to convince you to otherwise). Designed and penned by Giger, it
contains prints of finished art and sketches, photographs, selected images
from Giger's personal collection of art (that is, art by other people that he
collects)--which I think is VERY insightful; it's interesting to see what kind
of art an artist appreciates.
As an artist, myself, I revel in the collections of sketches... Sketches can
be a chronicle of how a finished work comes to be, and it's interesting to
get a glimpse of how other artists--especially masters, such as Giger--work
through their ideas and arrive at a final product. Sometimes sketches are
just a fleeting idea that gets caught on a page. These are just as
fascinating, because they are an insight into how an artist captures a
thought and translates it into something visual. Excellent stuff!
Another detail I want to elaborate on are the "3D" versions of a few of
Giger's paintings. I hesitate to say "Magic Eye", because those are often
horribly muddy, chaotic and nonsensical when viewed normally, and the
Giger images in this section are not at all like that. These images are
crisply defined and look "normal" at a glance, but nevertheless have that
3D "popping" effect when you view them correctly. Of course, they're
accompanied by commentary from Giger. It's an unexpected and delightful
treasure to find tucked away in these pages.
Overall, if you're a fan of Giger's work, this is a very worthy addition to your
collection. I've poked around, and there are other versions of this title
available, some of which are very limited (and expensive) editions. If you
haven't the luxury of purchasing one of those, this "no frills" edition is still
very solid, and will be a pleasure to thumb through again and again.
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