Hans Ruedi Giger was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as "biomechanical". Giger later abandoned airbrush for pastels, markers and ink. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for the visual design of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien. His work is on permanent display at the H.R. Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland. His style has been adapted to many forms of media, including album covers, furniture, and tattoos.
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Related works from the webNecronom IV (1976)
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Necronom IV, 1976 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
Biomechanoiden (1969)
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Biomechanoiden, 1969 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
Macht und Ohnmacht (1987)
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Macht und Ohnmacht, 1987 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
Work Nr. 217 ELP I (Brain Salad Surgery) (1973)
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Work Nr. 217 ELP I (Brain Salad Surgery), 1973 - H.R. Giger ...
Alien III, sideview III (Work No. 372) (1978)
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Alien III, sideview III (Work No. 372), 1978 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
Work Nr. 217 ELP II (Brain Salad Surgery) (1973)
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Work Nr. 217 ELP II (Brain Salad Surgery), 1973 - H.R. Giger ...
Pisces zinc (1992)
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Pisces zinc, 1992 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
Sheet from Biomechanoiden (1969)
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Sheet from Biomechanoiden, 1969 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
Friedrich Kuhn (1973)
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Friedrich Kuhn, 1973 - H.R. Giger - WikiArt.org
“There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.”
H.R. Giger
Feb 5, 1940 - May 12, 2014