1965
Edition Size: 23
Dimensions: 35.5 cm × 30 cm × 13 cm cm
Signed
Condition: Pristine
Female Head offers an early glimpse into H.R. Giger’s evolving visual language. With its elongated form and sculptural elegance, the work transforms the human portrait into a surreal, otherworldly presence, balancing organic beauty with quiet unease. Originally conceived in 1965, Female Head anticipates the distinctive biomechanical aesthetic that would later become synonymous with Giger’s practice.
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HR Giger (1940-2014) developed a strong passion for the surreal and macabre as a child, and the need to express his powerful imagination drew him to the visual arts. Inspired by fantastic artists such as Gustav Meyrink, Jean Cocteau, Alfred Kubin, and H.P. Lovecraft, Giger’s paintings are typically in large formats, populated by strange bodies, wonderfully bizarre landscapes, and frightening creatures. This ‘biomechanics’ aesthetic, however, goes beyond art: it enters the realm of magic.
