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The 2008 H.R. Giger Calendar

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if you like giger this calendar is definately worth getting. the pics are high resolution and could definately be used as posters when the year is over. the only thing i don't like about it is that there isn't a lot of space to write in due to the existing text-mostly the birthdays of other artists. if you're just looking for something that looks cool and tells you what day it is this calendar is great-if you want something you can write in you may want to get something different.

Perfect calendar for any H.R. Giger fan. Great artwork and it looks awesome with its black calendar background. This calendar is good every year!

I've purchased this calendar every year and every year it fails to disappoint. Great artwork, cool quotes, and interesting dates/events relating to H.R. Giger and similar artists (any calendar that prints Sigourney Weaver's birthday is a must-have for me!)

Dare you venture into Giger's Satanic World of nether-wordly creatures and Hellish landscapes? A place which brings comfort and inspiration, familiarity and contemplation... plunge the depths of The Abyss, open the gates to the dark subconscious and dwell in twelve supreme months of infernal meditation upon these legendary masterpieces.

* Contents:

Untitled {For Graw}, ELP II, Hieroglyphics {Work No. 385} [1], LI Sculpt, Birthmachine [2], Monsters of Rock [3], Magus [4], Landscape XXIII, Tourist VII [5], SIL {Detail} [6], Passagen, Aleph [7].

The glossy black Giger Calendar also includes special notes of observation, infamous dates and individuals of remembrance, a biography including a diabolically-stylized portrait of The Artist, photos of the Giger Bar & Museum H.R. Giger in Switzerland, along with monthly quotes from historical artists, writers, philosophers, and occultists.

Giger has the amazing capability to interpret mythological concepts in his own lambent artistic style, utilizing tradition, imagination, and improvisation to manifest a unique iconoclastic vision. It is truly a pleasure to display this veritable portfolio in The Blackthorne Lair.

* Here I shall describe some of the more remarkable presentations from this edition in My estimation:

[1] In Egyptian metaphorical mythology, Nuit provides the framework of the universe, with a pharaoh ascending into the ether, accompanied by the egg of transformation / regeneration.
[2] A clever depiction of both insemination via this phallic metal instrument / chamber of lust, combined with a likely depiction of the birth canal. Read: "Love Gun".
[3] A more or less 'untraditional' work by Giger, employing vibrant color combinations into an amalgam of amorphous images, faces and forms.
[4] A definite top favorite. depicting an adept and his thought forms, detailing highly symbolically descriptive processes of Magical practice.
[5] Some of his more bio-mechanic work, featuring android-like creatures out for a perusal.
[6] A dream-like morbid lady in metallic skeletal bio-mechanoid motif.
[7] Carries an encompassing erotic element with yoni and lingam displayed within the menagerie, seemingly signifying sexual magic.

The Giger Calendar is one I order each year. They're hard to get, so I was amazed and surprised to see them at Amazon. Mr. H. R. Giger is an artist and dramatist who clearly shows alien scenes, regular "dark" living, and totally fascinating. His pictures are amazing, and take a whle to comprehend. Not for the weak minded.

The calendar is of a good size, has historical persons' date of birth and monthly quotes, which I like. It could have had a slightly better selection of his works, however this is the calendar for Giger fans.