1980
The designs and paintings for the film Alien
are shown first in Zurich, in the Galerie
Baviera, and then in The Musèe Cantonal
des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne. H.R.G. is nominated
for an Oscar.
Short stopover in New York in order to attend
the opening of H.R.G.’s exhibition in
the Hansen Galleries, New York. Bob Guccione has
published H.R.G.’s erotic pictures in
a fourteen-page color article in the American
Penthouse, and now sponsors the extravagant
exhibition opening.
On April 14, in the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion, H.R.G. is awarded an
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects
for his contribution to the film Alien.