H.R. Giger, Alien Artist and Designer, Dead at Age 74

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @05:43AM from the rest-in-peace dept.

M3.14 writes: "H. R. Giger, the Swiss artist and designer of Ridley Scott's Alien, has died, aged 74. Hans Rudolf 'Ruedi' Giger sustained injuries caused by a fall, Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung has reported (link in German — English summary available). The terrifying creature and sets he created for Ridley Scott's film earned him an Oscar for special effects in 1980. In the art world, Giger is appreciated for his wide body of work in the fantastic realism and surrealistic genres. Film work was just one of his talents. Giger is also known for his sculptures, paintings and furniture. The H.R. Giger Museum, inaugurated in the summer of 1998 in the Château St. Germain, is a four-level building complex in the historic, medieval walled city of Gruyères. It is the permanent home to many of the artist's most prominent works."

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RIP by TWX · 2014-05-13 05:44 · Score: 5, Interesting

Rest in Peace, creepy-as-hell man...

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Coffins are vaguely phallic. by i+kan+reed · 2014-05-13 05:45 · Score: 5, Funny

I suspect Geiger can appreciate one more morbid, vaguely phallic shape as he's laid to rest.
Aliens by Anonymous Coward · 2014-05-13 05:49 · Score: 5, Interesting

A moment of silence please. I can't think of another artist who's had such a profound visual influence on sci-fi culture.
1. Re:Aliens by i+kan+reed · 2014-05-13 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  In space, everyone can hear your moment of silence.
in the immortal words of giger by nimbius · 2014-05-13 05:50 · Score: 5, Funny

"I'll pedal a bicycle made out of nightmares, straight up your ass"
--H.R. Giger, Probably.

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