Object 5

Object #1

by Kilian Eng

Like new first edition paperback.

Genres: Art

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[mark monday · Rating 5 out of 5]

lonely travelers, traversing haunted worlds.

tags: digital, hand-drawn, futurism, style, starkness, psychedelia, retro, Moebius, 70s, whimsy, morbidity, science fiction, fantasy, horror, solitude, terror, wonder, the vast unknown

Eng's technique and his command of the medium are incredible. fascinating imagery worthy of much contemplation and many sighs.



although these three images are my favorites, they actually don't offer a good representation of the art contained in Object 5. many of Eng's pieces are more playful, more bizarre, featuring individuals turned into colorful objects and comic book hallucinations. but many of these pages also illustrate some lonely figure, frequently attired as Scaramouche (or perhaps his rival, the Harlequin), crossing some strange and wondrous and fearful land. tiny figures overshadowed by alien landscapes or by huge, sinister faces that look somewhere beyond - usually away from the traveler. one gets a sense of the smallness of a single person, alone and moving through space and time, fate unknown. a person is a such a small and fragile thing when compared to the universe - such a hapless, clownish little thing.