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Necronomicon II
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.
92 pages, Hardcover
Published January 15, 1993
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H.R. Giger
63 books213 followersHans Ruedi Giger (1940 - 2014) was an Academy Award-winning Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer best known for his design work on the film Alien.
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March 11, 2022
H.R. Giger's art is eerie but has an oddly divine and metallic quality to it. It's like Dante's Inferno crossed with cyberpunk nightmares like Blade Runner, The Matrix, Ghost in the Shell and Akira. It represents the fear he once held for where the human race was heading in the dark and unknown future. He's responsible for the iconic designs of the Ridley Scott Alien franchise.
Very cool.
Very cool.
January 2, 2022
You buy a book like this for the pictures. How can you give Giger any less than 5 stars. He deals with the horrible in a way nobody else can mimic.
June 20, 2021
Giger's art leaves me wondering at how poor language is sometimes. There really isn't a way to describe the sensation his work had on me and still does. While there are many passages scattered throughout this work, the real joy was opening this large book and spending a few minutes on each page and just really following the lines, feeling the textures, and trying to see the figures beginning and ending in the dirty and somehow decaying machinery that seemed to be sapping life while simultaneously creating it. Giger's work is often called horrific, and while I won't deny his work can shock, I suspect again the poverty of the English language. Giger's work is, and the joy and appreciation of it comes from simply observing the existence as it seems ever and always coming alive to the viewer as they stare at it, and the way it lingers in your mind even after you've closed the book.
August 6, 2015
This is another of Giger's 3 big coffee-table art books, and like the first Necronomicon and Biomechanics, it showcases his airbrush masterpieces in huge glossy glory. This one is all airbrush art from the 70s and 80s, and doesn't include any of the brilliant 60s ink works. Included here are the "Erotomechanics" series, his work for Debbie Harry, and the occulty "Second Celebration of the Four".
H.R. Giger's nightmare surrealism is always worthwhile. Personally, I find this book slightly weaker than the other two coffee table books, mostly because this showcases the period where Giger began to rely more on stencils. Still, "Necronomicon 2" is an epic journey into the mind of an artist, and not to be missed.
This was my big Christmas gift in 1996 and I was one happy kid!
H.R. Giger's nightmare surrealism is always worthwhile. Personally, I find this book slightly weaker than the other two coffee table books, mostly because this showcases the period where Giger began to rely more on stencils. Still, "Necronomicon 2" is an epic journey into the mind of an artist, and not to be missed.
This was my big Christmas gift in 1996 and I was one happy kid!
January 25, 2008
Amazing artist. One of my all-time favorites. If you're fan, then you know this is one of his best.
July 4, 2010
very good
August 21, 2010
Oh my.
September 5, 2012
The Swiss Master´s chamber of Horrors!
August 13, 2016
As this is a picture book, no review. Being a fan of his Art I just wanted to add it to show I own a copy.
R.I.P.
H. R. Giger
R.I.P.
H. R. Giger
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