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As It Happens7:36'He was a strange man' Alien art director remembers H.R. Giger Surreal artist H.R. Giger changed science-fiction film forever with his work on Alien. The reclusive artist was not ...
Giger helped bring the artwork from his 1977 book Necronomicon to life using boiled animal bones – the creature’s ribs – car parts and plasticine.
His designs were exhibited more frequently in “Alien” theme bars, short-lived Giger museums and at tattoo conventions than in established art galleries. In 1998, Giger acquired the Chateau St. Germain ...
This is the Giger Bar, the legacy of the famed Alien designer and sculptor H.R. Giger, who passed away on Monday at the age of 74. If the sight of the cathedral-like architecture of this coffee ...
Giger provided visual design assistance to a score of additional movies, sending designs to 20th Century Fox during Alien 3’s tortured development and providing a huge amount of design work for ...
ZURICH - Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger who designed the monster and revolutionary sci-fi sets for the film "Alien" has died, his museum said on Tuesday. He was 74. Giger, who was born Hans ...
The man whose surrealist artwork led to the creation of Ridley Scott's Alien has died. HR Giger, who was 74, died in hospital in Zurich after suffering injuries from a fall.
H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the monster and sets for Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi pic "Alien" died May 12 at age 74. An employee of H.R. Giger Museum has confirmed Swiss ...
Digital art platform Particle, which uses blockchain technology to offer fractionalized ownership of culturally significant artworks, will conduct the sale, according to the company’s website. The ...
With H.R. Giger's original "Alien" statue on full display at this year's NFC Lisbon, Particle CEO Harold Eytan told Decrypt that owning an NFT-ified slice of the piece isn't just for fans of the ...