H.R. Giger Tarot Set

H.R. Giger

ISBN 10: 3822858501 / ISBN 13: 9783822858509

Published by Taschen, 2000

About this Item

Box is 6-1/8 in. wide by 8-5/8 in high by 1-1/2 in deep. Boxed set includes tarot cards, a poster and a 224 pg. book containing directions for use of the cards. The box has slight shelf wear on the front and at the top: book, poster and cards are like new - appear to have never been used.

Seller Inventory # B3006-39

Bibliographic Details

• Title: H.R. Giger Tarot Set
• Publisher: Taschen
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3822858501
• ISBN 13: 9783822858509
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

This collectable group of 22 beautifully designed Tarot cards is available in a handsome boxed set in either German or English language. Each card is a careful reproduction of one of Giger's paintings, and is interpreted by philosopher-magician Akron in a booklet of instructions, included with the set. To Akron Tarot is like an inexhaustible mine of symbols, suited to manifest Giger's aesthetics of apocalypse in literary style. Akron resorts to the tradition of the Tarot in order to convey the messages of Baphomet - a medieval secret symbol -- which is of special significance in Giger's work.

H.R. Giger is a painter, Oscar-award winner and cult figure of an international artistic community, for which his aesthetics of the apocalypse represent inspiration and spiritual healing. His pictures are gripping, indeed sometimes shocking visions - they shake us from our unconsciousness as they relentlessly point to the hidden inner world of all things. The art of Giger is a journey to the most ancient destination of mankind: to birth and death, love and war, hope and the destruction of life.