> HR Giger
HR Giger is considered one of the last and most important representatives of
fantastic realism. The artist, born 1940 in Chur (Switzerland), discovered
the water pistol during the seventies, developed his typical style and in
the following years created his most famous pictures as well as the
large-format book Necronomicon, which served director Ridley Scott as a
visual template for Alien, the internationally successful film of 1979 that
also earned Giger an Oscar. Giger's record covers, which he created for
Debbie Harry and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, are now considered to be some of
the best in music history. Giger's neo-myths located in a bleak
technological world are known less from his groundbreaking paintbrush
originals than from wild adaptations, reproductions and plagiarisms at all
levels and branches of the cultural chain of production, whether whimsical
horror merchandise, music video accessories, bicep tattoos or cyber-games.
As a favorite child of pop culture, teen posters and biker-wear, Giger was
first recognized by "cultural studies" as a crossover phenomenon that could
not be more contemporary.
Giger designed sculptures and furniture environments over the course of his
entire career. Along with further film projects like Poltergeist II and
Species, Giger collaborated with drug guru Timothy Leary, the Viennese
actionist Günter Brus, and the surrealist Salvador Dalí. In 1998 Giger
opened his own museum in Chateau St. Germain in the Freiburg town of
Gruyeres, which presents his most important paintings and sculptures from
the last four decades.
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Related Links:
- SoS Sculpture by HR Giger
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