HR Giger - 45th Ed. (Small Format)

About the book HR Giger

From when he was a child, HR Giger developed a profound fascination for horror, terror, and death. These elements constitute the unique aesthetic that characterizes his art: an apocalyptic and horrific world, where reigns a morbid and obscene transhumanism. Widely considered as the creator of the “biomechanical art”, he brilliantly portrays the depth of the human mind, in its darkest form, while making the inherent unease into an object of fascination. Also, HR Giger grew up during the Cold War, a bleak period of fear and paranoia: which most likely influenced him to develop his scary and distorted visions of technology and industrialization.

The book HR Giger honours the unique vision of Hans Ruedi Giger. You’ll get a glimpse of his paintings, sculptures, movie work, and his personal museum. Through the artist’s life and his many inspirations, the book invites you to discover – or rediscover – his bleak and morbid universe, to get a better understanding of it. This edition also offers a new HR Giger biography, elaborated from the artist’s writings.

About this edition

This small-format book (15.6 x 21.7 cm / 6 x 8.5 inches) is a reissue from TASCHEN's “45th Edition Series.” This collection revisits iconic titles from the publishing house in a more compact and accessible format, without compromising their artistic quality or vision.