HR Giger
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Summary
The powerful world of HR Giger
“At its essence， Giger’s art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears。 His art stands in a category of its own。 The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination， which I can only compare to Hieronymus Bosch and Francis Bacon in their powers to provoke and disturb。” —Ridley Scott
Swiss artist HR Giger （1940–2014） is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien， which earned him an Oscar。 In retrospect， this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger’s biomechanical arsenal of creatures， which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia。 The visions drew on demons of the past， as well as evoking mythologies for the future。 Above all， they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom， of pollution and wasted resources， and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival。
Following the SUMO-sized monograph which was begun shortly before the artist's unexpected death， this affordable anniversay edition again pays homage to Giger’s unique vision。 The book shows the complete story of Giger’s life and art， his sculptures， film work， and iconic album covers as well as the heritage he left us in his own artist’s museum and self-designed bar in the Swiss Alps。 In an in-depth essay， Giger scholar Andreas J。 Hirsch plunges into the themes of Giger’s oeuvre and world while an extensive artist biography draws on contemporary quotes and Giger’s own writings。
“At its essence， Giger’s art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears。 His art stands in a category of its own。 The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination， which I can only compare to Hieronymus Bosch and Francis Bacon in their powers to provoke and disturb。” —Ridley Scott
Swiss artist HR Giger （1940–2014） is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien， which earned him an Oscar。 In retrospect， this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger’s biomechanical arsenal of creatures， which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia。 The visions drew on demons of the past， as well as evoking mythologies for the future。 Above all， they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom， of pollution and wasted resources， and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival。
Following the SUMO-sized monograph which was begun shortly before the artist's unexpected death， this affordable anniversay edition again pays homage to Giger’s unique vision。 The book shows the complete story of Giger’s life and art， his sculptures， film work， and iconic album covers as well as the heritage he left us in his own artist’s museum and self-designed bar in the Swiss Alps。 In an in-depth essay， Giger scholar Andreas J。 Hirsch plunges into the themes of Giger’s oeuvre and world while an extensive artist biography draws on contemporary quotes and Giger’s own writings。
Reviews
Danny Hartnett
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The king of sci-fi horror， spooky and sexy。
Zachary
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I wanted to read HR Giger's famous work The Necronomicon， but the damn thing is like 400 dollars on Amazon， while this book costs only a cool 16 Washingtons， so I settled for it instead。 Three stars because this book attempts to do everything and does an okay job at all of it。 The book shows a lot of Giger's more famous work， but it is by no means exhaustive。 Throughout the book we're given Giger's autobiography， but it skips around in time and theme， and it's unclear whether certain passages ar I wanted to read HR Giger's famous work The Necronomicon， but the damn thing is like 400 dollars on Amazon， while this book costs only a cool 16 Washingtons， so I settled for it instead。 Three stars because this book attempts to do everything and does an okay job at all of it。 The book shows a lot of Giger's more famous work， but it is by no means exhaustive。 Throughout the book we're given Giger's autobiography， but it skips around in time and theme， and it's unclear whether certain passages are fact or if Giger is writing tongue-in-cheek。 Some of his more well-known pieces are presented in gloriously horrific full pages， while others are disappointingly small。 The title， medium， and date are given for each work， but there is no commentary by the artist， or any explanation of the inspiration。 I found this last fact to be the most disappointing of all。 Still， this is a decent introduction to Giger's life and work， if a casual one。 When seeing Giger's images a little at a time on the internet， they really stand out。 But to sit down for an hour or so and look at dozens of them in a row， one is really struck by how dark and bizarre they are。 It makes for a thrillingly uncomfortable experience。 Stuff's freaky， man。 。。。more
Morpheus Lunae
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I read the Taschen Icons versions of this which is a bit small but still quite a good book for the price。 There are some texts by Giger himself and also a lot of sketches which I really appreciated。 It's interesting to see his projects after Alien which I， for some reason， always forget about。 The zodiac biomechs are particularly fun。 I read the Taschen Icons versions of this which is a bit small but still quite a good book for the price。 There are some texts by Giger himself and also a lot of sketches which I really appreciated。 It's interesting to see his projects after Alien which I， for some reason， always forget about。 The zodiac biomechs are particularly fun。 。。。more
Nina Misson
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'The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos。 Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects？ In Hell， perhaps？' 'The Dutch customs once thought my pictures were photos。 Where on earth did they think I could have photographed my subjects？ In Hell， perhaps？' 。。。more
Γιώργος Μπελαούρης
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awesome editiongotta love giger
Peter
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Just finished looking through this before deciding to throw it out。What is wrong with him？ This is not art， horrible truly horrible。Yet another in the "GIFT" series。"Come back peddle bin and take it！ NOW！！！""your not putting that near me！""But your a bin""Yes that's true。 I can see where your coming from， I do take rubbish。 But。。。。。""But what？""Can't you Know。。。UMMMMM。。。 Shred it first。。。。。。 PLEEEEASE。" Just finished looking through this before deciding to throw it out。What is wrong with him？ This is not art， horrible truly horrible。Yet another in the "GIFT" series。"Come back peddle bin and take it！ NOW！！！""your not putting that near me！""But your a bin""Yes that's true。 I can see where your coming from， I do take rubbish。 But。。。。。""But what？""Can't you Know。。。UMMMMM。。。 Shred it first。。。。。。 PLEEEEASE。" 。。。more
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=HR Giger&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,HR Giger&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0