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Hans Ruedi Giger (born at Chur,
Grisons canton, February 5, 1940)
is an Academy Award-winning Swiss
painter, sculptor, and set designer
best known for his design work on
the film Alien. Giger's design for
the Alien was inspired by his painting
Necronom IV and earned him an Oscar
in 1980. His third published book
of paintings, titled Necronomicon
(followed by Necronomicon II in
1985), continued his rise to international
prominence, as did the frequent
appearance of his art in the magazine
Omni. Giger is also well known for
artwork on a number of popular records.
For most of his career, Giger
has worked predominantly in airbrush,
creating monochromatic canvasses
depicting surreal, nightmarish dream-scapes.
His most distinctive stylistic innovation
is that of a representation of human
bodies and machines in a cold, interconnected
relationship, described as \"biomechanical\".
His paintings often display fetishistic
sexual imagery and are considered
disturbing by some. His main influences
were painters Ernst Fuchs and Salvador
Dal . He met Salvador Dal , to whom
he was introduced by painter Robert
Venosa. He was also a personal friend
of Timothy Leary. Giger is perhaps
the best known sufferer of night
terrors and his paintings are all
to some extent inspired by his experiences
with that particular sleep disorder.
He was originally educated as an
architect and made his first paintings
as a way of art therapy.
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