HR Giger: 45th Ed. (45th Edition) (Multilingual Edition)

I’m not sure how Taschen - the publisher of this book - is getting away with selling this for $25. This is easily a $50 book. There are 500 pages chronicling Giger’s work from the ‘60s when he favored India ink, to the ‘70s and ‘80s when he switched to airbrushed acrylic paints. Not all of his work can be found here, but there’s a wide variety that serves as the perfect tour of his history. Almost all of his art is sexually explicit or grotesque, and I’m glad his untampered work continues to be preserved several decades later. This is not an oversized book like his Necronomicon series, and does not serve as a replacement for his older published works. The pages here are smaller, leading to many pieces being spread across two pages. Coupled with the thickness of the book, this makes viewing complete pieces rather difficult, even with spreading the pages as flat as possible. This is also a multi-language book. There’s a biography by an Austrian art curator that’s written in English, German, and French, which leads to the unfortunate side effect of having several wasted pages of the same text repeated across three different languages. Despite these issues, the layout of the book is exceptional. The art is presented in chronological order, each piece labeled with a caption detailing the medium used, the surface painted on, and the dimensions of the piece. For a Giger fan, this purchase is a no-brainer. The smaller size makes it a perfect fit on a bookshelf, and easy to carry around. If you have even a passing interest in art, do yourself a favor and buy this book.

Very cool book, from an artist who's work was amazing and intense. We have him to thank for the Alien designs, and the sil designs for species movies.

I love Giger… I’m an artist painter and sculptor and although our styles are different, he’s been a huge inspiration to me in my childhood and till this day I always wanted this book. I’ve seen it the large version 2030 years ago. I’ve never could afford it this is a smaller version, which is actually perfect cause if it’s nicely on my bookshelf, it’s very thick. The images are beautiful, extremely informative. I’m so happy with this purchase. 🖤

this is a no brainer buy, especially due to the great quality and affordable price. i really enjoyed looking through this book, any fan of Giger should definitely check this out. my only issue is that it’s a bit hard to see the bigger pieces as they cover two pages, but that’s a small price to pay given the amount of beauty in this book.

The pages on this book a are too small. The artist packs so many details, that the naked eye, without the ability to zoom in, will certainly miss. Especially on prints like The Spell, which are broken over 2 pages, and its middle folds in too close. You can't see it all. It's too bad really. But, I always wanted a good Giger art book, and never got around to getting one. Overall, I don't regret it one bit. It does a good job offering the most important illustrations that chronicle his career.

HG Giger is an artistic genius (to put it lightly), and having access to a book that is about 510 pages of his artwork and background is a pleasure to look through and read. My only gripe is that when the book is closed in measures about 6.5 x 9 inches, so it is a fairly compact (and thick!) book. When they try to showcase some of works using a two page spread, since the book is on the smaller side, the center if the image is creased where the two pages fold together and it makes it a challenge to appreciate the artwork. It is a shame that the book is not larger in size. An 8 x 11 inch page size would have been a great benefit to this book. It is unfortunate the book is so compact but considering the it is only $25 it is acceptable. If you do not want to pay $300+ for his more rare art books (if you don't own them already) then this is an inexpensive alternative with some quirks but it is still a great product.

You don't need to read reviews for books from publisher Taschen They are always excellent quality binding and gorgeous photographs, strong thick paper The books will last lifetimes, gorgeous

Very good book

El libro ha llegado perfectamente precintado, un detalle que valoro mucho para asegurar que está intacto y nuevo. Nada más tenerlo en las manos, se nota que es un libro de gran calidad, con unos acabados excelentes propios de esta edición. Es una compra obligada para cualquier amante del arte de H.R. Giger. Por la calidad y el tipo de edición, estoy convencido de que muy probablemente acabará siendo una pieza de coleccionista en el futuro. ¡Totalmente recomendado!

Ich liebe seine Bilder und die Welt die er geschaffen hat. Und sehr schönes, hochwertiges und interessantes Buch. Viele Informationen und eine große Auswahl seiner Werke. Ein muss für Fans seiner Kunst.

Le colis est arrivé en parfait état, je ne m'attendais pas qu'il soit encore sous blister ! Après avoir feuilleté, les photos des œuvres de Giger ont l'air incroyables. Parfait objet de collection

Tuve de sus primeras ediciones, es un libro genial!

The book was delivered in perfect condition.