Object 10

Object #2

by Kilian Eng

Object 10 is the second monograph of illustration and graphic design work by acclaimed artist Kilian Eng. This lavishly produced hardcover volume reproduces his gorgeous artwork in a European album sized format. Kilian’s profile has increased with recent poster designs for Jodorowsky’s Dune documentary and the album cover for the Oblivion soundtrack by M83. Object 10 is a comprehensive collection of Kilian’s artwork from the past year and also includes some older works that were not included in Object 5. The regular edition is limited to 2000 copies worldwide. A special edition comes with a signed and numbered bookplate by Kilian Eng and is limited to 200 copies.

Prizewinning digital artist Kilian Eng (DW Design) has a Bachelor and Masters in Graphic Design & Illustration from Konstfack, University of Arts Craft & Design in Stockholm and has won numerous awards for his illustrative work. Kilian’s futuristic images present dreamlike worlds where the environment plays a great role. Many of these sequences present visual stories, without any text. This is connected to his growing interest in theatrical mise-en-scène and set design for film. He is fascinated with the details that can create these imaginative worlds; colors and lighting, dimensions and sounds. His inspiration comes from classic and futuristic architecture, surrealism, science fiction, as well as the different elements and shapes in natural and urban landscapes.

“I like to tell stories in my work and invite people to make up their own stories in response. Even if an image is shown as a single piece and not part of a series, the viewer and I need to be able to fantasize about what might happen before and after the exact moment frozen in the picture. This creative engagement helps me give substance to the worlds my pictures depict, and lets me create new scenarios.”

Genres: Art, Fantasy

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[mark monday · Rating 4 out of 5]

these pieces have many of the virtues of the ones within Object 5. perhaps the biggest differences are that the works in Object 10 are more intensely hallucinatory and vividly colorful, more detailed, and the images more frequently kaleidoscopic than stark (outside of the handful of black & whites included near the end) and often reminiscent of 1960s poster art. I neglected to mention in my review of Object 5 the frequent synergy between the side-by-side images in that book's layout, with an image on one page often reflecting in an interesting way the image on the opposite page. that deliberate ordering of images continues in this volume - now sometimes with a third image added, one above another, so that it is three separate pieces that often connect tonally and stylistically.

that said, this collection is not quite the instant favorite that Object 5 was to me because I missed the previous collection's focus on solitary figures crossing wondrous and eerie landscapes. still, the art is gorgeous! the images in this review are two of my favorites. unfortunately I couldn't find the third: a vibrantly colored painting of some sort of mutant baby orangutan, which I thought was the cutest, strangest thing.

[Joel · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5