HR Giger av Andreas J. Hirsch

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<p>¿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<br/><br/> Swiss artist <strong>HR Giger (1940¿2014)</strong> is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott¿s 1979 horror sci-fi film <em>Alien</em>, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger¿s<strong> biomechanical arsenal of creatures</strong>, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of <strong>haunting power and dark psychedelia</strong>. The visions drew on demons of the past, as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the <strong>collective fears and fantasies of his age</strong>: fear of the ato