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The Most Unforgettable Creations ofH. R. Giger

Vincze Mikls

Filed to: H.R. GIGER 5/14/14 3:17pm

We lost one of our greatest inspirations when H.R. Giger died the other day. But his

artworks will live on and yield more creative bounty in the years to come. To celebrate his

life and career, here's a showcase of the most incredible (and unnerving) artworks of H.R.

Giger.

Astro-Eunuchs, 1967

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LegendaryAlien Artist H.R. Giger Has Died At 74

H.R. Giger, whose horrific, biomechanical art-style defined

the world of Alien and Prometheus,

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The cover of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's 1973 album, Brain Salad Surgery


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(via Progtracks)

Li I, 1974

(via CGSociety)

Li II, 1974

2


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(via Vniz)

Behemoth


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Drawings for Alejandro

Jodorowsky's Dune, an

unsuccessful attempt from

the mid-1970s to adapt

Frank Herbert's 1965

classic

3 4

5


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The basis

for the

Xenomorph

in Alien:

Necronom

IV, 1976

Carmen I

A Derelict

Alien

Cockpit,

1978

Aliens,

1978

Alien

landscape,

1978

6

7

8


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Monster

V

An

Alienegg,

1978

Facehugger,

1978

Erotomechanics

V

Erotomechanics

VII

Erotomechanics

IX

Female

Magician

Bed

Station

Illuminatus

I

9

10

11

12


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Necronome

I

Biomechanical

Interior

Mirror

Image

(via

Eircom)

Aleister

Crowley

The

Tourist

IV,

1982

Atomic

Children

Landscapes

Landscape

XVII

Landscape

XVIII

Landscape

XIX

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Biomechanical

Landscape

III

(Trains)

Anima

Mia

Biomechanoid

Darkseed,

a

horror

point-

and-click

adventure

game

H.R.

Giger

worked

on,released

for

Amiga

and

DOS

in

1992.

The

cover

ofDanzig

III:

How


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the

Gods

Kill,

by

Danzig,

1992

(via

Album-Art)

Birth

Machine,

1999

(via

Mat!j

Stuchlk)

Two

Giger

bars,

Chur

and

Chteau

St.

Germain,

Gruyres,

Switzerland

(via

Wikimedia

Commons

1

-2

-

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3,

H.

R.

Giger

and

Amy

Dianna/Flickr)

________

The

picturesabove

are

from

Museumsyndicate


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and

Vniz,

expect

when

noticed

otherwise.

Great

memorial

post

man.

For

people

thatwant

to

see

more,

I

suggest

looking

up

Giger's

colour

graphic

work,

it's

some

crazy

zany

colourful

stuff

that

shows

a

different

but

familiar

stylewith

a

much

more


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rougher

structure.

Giger's

airbrush

work

is

great,

but

his

lithos

are

also

amazing.

Thank

you

for

including

Darkseed!

Occasionally

I

wondered

if

anyone

else

in

the

world

had

ever

played

that

creepy

and

frustrating

game.


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I

was

hoping

it

would

be

mentioned

as

I

started

scrolling

down.

I

got

that

gamewhen

it

came

out,

as

I

loved

me

some

point'n'clicks.

I

don't

remember

liking

the

game,

but

I

also

don't

remember

not

liking

it.

I

must

have

liked

it


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somewhat.

It

was

definitely

my

style.

It

got

style

points

and

story

points,

but

IIRC

it

was

very

unforgiving

and

had

some

glitches.

But

that

goddamn

"baby"

transformationwas

the

most

terrifying

thing

I'd

ever

seen.


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I've

seen

a

lot

of

Giger's

work

(had

an

artbook

and

poster

and

his

Tarot

Deck

and

everything!)

and

I've

never

seen

this

image.

Man,

that

is

just

goofy.

I

thought

so,


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too.

Someone

gave

me

a

Giger

calendar

and

for

the

longest

I

thought

it

must

ofbeen

some

bootleg

wannabe

Giger

that

had

created

this

image,

but

it

was

really

him.

It's

so

strangely

out

of

place.


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Hi

kitty!

I

would

add

"Penis

Landscape",

which

the

Dead

Kennedys

got

into

so

muchtrouble

for

including

in

their

Frankenchrist

album:

http://en.wikipedia.org

/wiki/Penis_Lan...

You

forgot

hisDebbie

Harry

Cd

cover:


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Motor

Landscape

(1972)

When

I

was

gettinginterested

in

movie

design

work

about

20

years

ago

or

so

and

started

talking

about

Geiger's

influence

on

"Alien"

(among

others),


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my

mom

asked

me

what

kind

of

art

he

did

*gulp*.

The

best

answer

I

couldcome

up

with

was

"sexy

nightmare

fuel".

The

sheer

theatricality

of

hiswork

for

Jodorowsky's

DUNE

is

captured

by

that

one

concept

-

The


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Harkonnen

Firebase/HQ

is

in

fact

a

giant

statue

of

the

Baron

himself,

with

the

weapons

portin

a

skull

beneath

his

face.

How

elsedo

you

encapsulate

a

colossal

ego

and

apsychopathic

personality

in

such

a

nutshell?

Brilliance.

I


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was

both

jolted

and

saddened

to

hear

of

Giger's

passing.

I

was

very

pleased

to

beable

include

some

of

his

work

in

my

most

recent

book,

The

Art

of

Space,

which

goes

to

press

this

week.

I'm

very

sorry

that

he

will

never

see


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it.

Well,

so

much

for

sleeping

tonight.

Darkseed?!!

How

have

I

not

heard

of

this

till

now?

I'm

deeplysaddened

at

his

passing,

and

love

the

complex

artistry

of

his

creations,


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but

damn,

dude

sure

had

a

whoooooooole

barrel

load

of

issues.

I

have

the

ELP

album

framed

and

hanging

on

my

office

wall.

A

genius

is

someone

who

can

create

a

priceless

masterpiece

that

no

one


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in

the

world

could

ever

have

thought

of

before,

an

unique

moment

in

the

duration

oftime.

H.

R.

Giger

is

a

pure

genius,

simply

like

that,

a

man

to

the

calibre

of

Hieronymus

Bosch

and

William

Blake,

geniuses

that

the

world

will

never

create


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equal

again.

hahahaahahha....

great

title

as

well

This

was

always

one

of

my

favorites.

Giger

was


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the

Hieronymus

Bosch

of

our

time.

RIP.

I

have

several

of

these

works

as

posters,

I

can

hardly

remember

a

time

when

I

haven't

had

at

least

onepiece

of

Giger

art

on

my

wall.

So

sad

he's

gone...


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Does

anybody

know

of

a

karaokebar

in

suburban

Seoul,

South

Korea

that

isdesigned

like

a

Giger

alien

craft?

I

visited

it

once

in

2010

and

was

in

awe

of

its

commitment

to

Giger's

art.

It

would

begreat

to

get

some


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Load

More

images

of

it,

I

just

can't

find

it

on

google

unfortunately

but

I'm

sure

that

it'sa

one

of

a

kind

place.

Anybody!


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