The book is a jumbo-sized tribute to Giger’s body of art (400 15x20-inch pages filled with his designs), and proof that his talent extended far beyond his work on the Xenomorphic elements of ...

But Giger’s work as a visual artist extends beyond the sci-fi franchise, combining horror and the grotesque, and tapping into our unending fascination of the things that frighten us the most.

I am afraid of my visions.” Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the artist whose paintings led to him being engaged by director Ridley Scott to design the xenomorph for the first Alien film in the late 1970s.

Born in 1940 in Chur, Switzerland, “H.R. Giger grew up in very dark rooms having very dark dreams,” according to the 2011 book Alien Vault.. H.R. Giger in 1979 wearing sunglasses he designed.

Surrealist Swiss painter H.R. Giger, who died on May 12th at age 74, is perhaps best known for inspiring the design of the creature in the Alien movie franchise, also had a long and deep ...

H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the eponymous creature in the “Alien” movies made him world famous, has died. He was 74.

The work, which is inspired by the peace sign’s origins as an anti-nuclear war symbol, was Giger’s way of speaking to the anxieties of the Cold War. It was used as the cover art for death ...

Xbox Series X console-exclusive horror game Scorn turns the work of artists H.R. Giger and Zdzisław Beksiński into a new interactive nightmare.

Giger’s art practice was molded from an early fascination of “skulls and mummies and things like that,” as he told Time Out magazine in 2009, as well as his own childhood fears. Born in 1940 ...

But Giger’s work as a visual artist extends beyond the sci-fi franchise, combining horror and the grotesque, and tapping into our unending fascination of the things that frighten us the most.