H.R. Giger was born in Chur, Switzerland, in 1940. As a
child he developed a strong passion for all things
surreal and macabre. His need to express himself and
share the unique aspects of his powerful imagination
drew him to the visual arts. Giger’s own dreams
and the brilliant imagery of such fantastic geniuses
as Gustav Meyrink, Jean Cocteau, Alfred Kubin and
H.P. Lovecraft combined to form a rich soil from which
the amzing imagery of Giger’s own art has come
to sprout. It has since bloomed into the vast wealth
of exotic women, wondrously bizarre landscapes, and
frightening creatures that have captured the fascination
of millions of fans worldwide.
Meticulously detailed, Giger’s paintings
are usually done in large formats and worked and
reworked by this maestro of the airbrush. It was
Giger’s popular art book, ‘Necronomicon’,
that caught the eye of director Ridley Scott as
he was searching for the right look for a creature
in his upcoming film. That creature, of course,
turned out to be the Alien, and Giger’s masterful
designs for the film of the same name garnered him
a much-deserved Academy Award.
Giger’s fascinating biomechanical style,
that brilliant synthesis of flesh and machine, has
been realized not only through his remarkable paintings
but also via sculpture pieces, elegantly fashioned
furniture, and architectural and interior design
projects. His paintings have been displayed in galleries
and museums throughout the world.
Giger’s alien aesthetic, his ‘biomechanics’,
goes beyond talent, and even art. It enters the
rarified realm of the near magical, and certainly
the land of genius. The ensuing art is a mere taste
of the phenomenal oeuvre that this unique Swiss
maestro has created.
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