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HR Giger - Hardcover

Hirsch, Andreas J.

 
9783836577168: HR Giger

Synopsis

“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.

This book was begun shortly before the artist’s untimely death and 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.

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About the Authors

HR Giger (1940–2014) 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. 



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 (1940–2014) 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 Collector’s 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.

From the Back Cover

?En esencia, el arte de Giger se adentra en nuestra psique y roza nuestros instintos y miedos más profundos. Su arte pertenece a una categoría que le es propia. La prueba de ello reside en la intensidad de su obra y de su imaginación, que sólo me atrevería a comparar con las del Bosco y Francis Bacon por su poder para provocar y perturbar.? ? Ridley Scott El artista suizo H. R. Giger (1940?2014) es conocido principalmente por su creación del monstruo espacial de la película de terror futurista Alien, de 1979, con la que ganó un Óscar. En retrospectiva, no fue más que una de las expresiones más célebres del arsenal biomecánico de criaturas de Giger, que fusionaba híbridos de humano y máquina en imágenes de poder evocador y oscura psicodelia. Sus obras se inspiraban en fantasmas del pasado, al tiempo que evocaban mitologías para el futuro. Estas imágenes plasmaron las fantasías y los miedos colectivos de su época: el temor a la bomba nuclear, a la contaminación y al despilfarro de recursos, y a un futuro en el que la supervivencia de nuestros cuerpos esté supeditada a las máquinas. La realización de este libro comenzó poco antes de la inesperada muerte del artista y en él se muestra la historia completa de la vida y del arte de Giger, sus esculturas, su trabajo cinematográfico y sus inconfundibles carátulas de discos, así como el legado que nos ha dejado en su propio museo y la cafetería, que él mismo diseñó, en los Alpes suizos. A través de un estudio en profundidad, Andreas J. Hirsch, un experto en la obra de Giger, ahonda en las temáticas centrales del artista y su mundo. El libro incluye una extensa biografía que parte de citas contemporáneas y de los escritos del propio artista.

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