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The following
images are of Li Tobler - either in the form of actual photographs, or
Giger's creations.
Click the
small thumbnail graphic to see the full-sized image.
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This is
a large version of "Li I," the picture chosen for my study.
This larger version allows certain features of the picture to be
more clear.
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Li
Tobler, Giger's wife before her death in 1975. This picture
demonstrates her extraordinary beauty and glamorous nature.
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Close-up of Li's face.
The picture reveals the degree of accuracy in Giger's depiction.
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Li as a
"human canvass" for Giger's body painting. The painting here
is striking and unervingly realistic, bestowing Li with Giger’s
trade-mark biomechanical designs. The most prominent feature of this
work is the illusion of relief created, giving Li muscle tones and
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Li and Giger - a couple
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The
second of the “Li” series, “Li II” is quite a different entity to
its predecessor. One striking alteration is the representation of Li
herself. Once depicted as a devilish empress, her head is now
severed, her skin deathly white and her eyes blank as if no longer
living. She is mounted into a mechanical landscape, perhaps a
representation of the place she holds in Giger’s mind.
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A collectible model produced on mass, based on "Li II." The
fact that Li's image is now in commercial demand shows Giger's
success in keeping Li's memory alive.
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Many of
the surreal, unearthly women depicted in Giger's works are based on
Li. Even long after her death, Li lived on in Giger’s creations,
including this aluminium sculpture, “Nubian Queen.” Her face,
beneath its flattering, exotic headress, is clearly that of Li.
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