RIP HR Giger

fretmeister

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Alien_creator_H.R._Giger_is_dead.html?cid=38569780

'From a fall'

Poor chap.

racefaceec90

that's a bloody shame.he is one of my favourite artists 

r.i.p mr giger 

dafuzz

Did some amazing work, RIP

boogieman

dafuzz said:

Did some amazing work, RIP

^ This.

Alien was the scariest thing I'd ever seen when it first came out, straight out of nightmares....what an incredible imagination. RIP.

not_the_dj

 

randomhandclaps

Am a bit of a Giger obsessive as my 30th birthday gift from my wife might indicate.  I was just talking about him the other day as my wife was looking into going to the Giger café and museum.  She said to me "Is he still alive?".   I absolutely loved his approach of combine the mechanically achievable with the visually terrifying.  RIP. 

http://cdn.guitarnoize.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ibanez_hrgiger.jpg

chillidoggy

The producer of the most disturbing, unsettling art I've ever seen. Without him there would have been no 'Alien'. Who knows what was going on in his head? Sad news.

stickyfiddle

Alien marathon this weekend then

racefaceec90

randomhandclaps  if you ever want to sell that guitar,i would be willing to forego a kidney to pay for it (only partly joking ;-)

PolarityMan

Love his art, fantastically creepy.

RobDavies

randomhandclaps said:

Am a bit of a Giger obsessive as my 30th birthday gift from my wife might indicate.  I was just talking about him the other day as my wife was looking into going to the Giger café and museum.  She said to me "Is he still alive?".   I absolutely loved his approach of combine the mechanically achievable with the visually terrifying.  RIP. 

http://cdn.guitarnoize.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/ibanez_hrgiger.jpg

Nice.  My missus was saying the other day how much she like the Giger Iceman, after I'd shown her a photo of one.

RIP.

Corvus

@randomhandclaps the Giger musem is good, I've been twice now. His collection of other people's art is in there too, pretty interesting stuff. The bar is good too. At least, when there isn't a big old guided tourist pack about! It's all pretty bizarre given how staid and up it'[s own rrse Switzerland is...

Apparently the man himself could sometimes be found in the bar.

The exchange rate had made everything v.expensive compared to our prev trip, but definitely worth a visit to the museum if you're over there.

RobDavies

johnnyurq

RIP Giger and thanks for the way cool designs and art.

littlegreenman

Best meeting room, ever!

http://www.cocuklageziyorum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/GruyeresHRgiger2_275.jpg

As well as the Alien, there's no way the Borg weren't completely Giger inspired.

Scarily good artist, not to mention very close to the bone with a lot of his work.

RIP HR.