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HR Giger

English, French, German

By (author): Andreas J. Hirsch

Illustrated by: HR Giger

At its essence, Gigers 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 (19402014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scotts 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Gigers 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.

This book was begun shortly before the artists untimely death and shows the complete story of Gigers life and art, his sculptures, film work, and iconic album covers as well as the heritage he left us in his own artists museum and self-designed bar in the Swiss Alps. In an in-depth essay, Giger scholar Andreas J. Hirsch plunges into the themes of Gigers oeuvre and world while an extensive artist biography draws on contemporary quotes and Gigers own writings.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 6200g
  • Dimensions: 290 x 395mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Oct 2024
  • Publisher: Taschen GmbH
  • Publication City/Country: Germany
  • Language: English, French, German
  • ISBN13: 9783836577168

About Andreas J. Hirsch

Andreas J. Hirsch born 1961 in Vienna is an author curator and artistic photographer. His writings include books on Pablo Picasso Tina Modotti Friedensreich Hundertwasser and HR Giger. From 2009 to 2014 he was curator at the KunstHausWien and organized exhibitions on Henri Cartier-Bresson Linda McCartney and HR Giger among others. HR Giger (19402014) was a Swiss painter sculptor and designer who combined surrealist influences and dark fantasies to create his very own biomechanical universe. He first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasies of post-apocalyptic creatures and landscapes and rose to fame through high profile movie work most notably the creation of the monster in Alien which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.  Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN publications include the Collectors Editions Jeff Koons Christopher Wool Albert Oehlen Neo Rauch Ai Weiwei Beatriz Milhazes Julian Schnabel Georg Baselitz Glenn Brown the David Hockney SUMO A Bigger Book as well as monographs such as the XXL-sized Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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