HR Giger

[Kyriakos]

I was looking at a book of Giger's paintings i have, for inspiration. I must say that most of his work does not mean anything to me. Also i am completely unaware of how hard it is to draw like that, since i never tried any painting apart from the primitive things one does at school. He seems to have a genre all by himself, and that is always a good thing.

His paintings look very realistic in a sense, albeit realistic in depicting forms which do not exist. My point is that he makes these forms believable, due to the intricate details they have. Everything is dark, something which i thought i would like, but really i can find few images in his work that speak to me.

This is one of them though. It is titled "Shaft number 7". This particular pic is a reconstruction, and moreover a computer graphic. I simply could not find any image of the original on the net.

Now i do like this painting. Particularly the stairway. I want to write something where, in a dream, the narrator finds himself climbing up that incredibly high stairway, afraid with every step even more of what might be found in its end

My question to you is if you like Giger's work, and if you do what is your favourite image of it. If you have better luck than me and can find it please post it here

 

[Kozmos]

I know he did work on the Alien and that it was awesome.

 

[Munch]

Giger is incredible. Haunting fusion of organic and mechanical, with overt sexual themes, naturally. He has done many excellent things but in particular I like his ridiculously excellent chairs:

 

[Phlegmak]

I adore Giger.

 

[Kyriakos]

I like those chairs as well. I can imagine skeleton-warriors resting on them

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Giger is...unique, I'll say that. He's too dark for my taste, but I admit the coolness quality of it all.

 

[sophie]

I don't find those paintings at all very interesting to me.

 

[Murky]

Giger is one of the more interesting contemporary artists. My old art teacher would say his work is "unique."

 

[dannyshenanigan]

If your a fan of Giger I would recommend checking out Zdzisław Beksiński. They're somewhat simlilar in their surreal nightmarish imagery.

 

[PredatorFett]

Giger is to paintings what Clive Barker is to literature.

Both men are awesome in my book.

 

[Kyriakos]

Dannyshenanigan, thank you for those pics. I will look at more of his work

 

[Traitorfish]

His paintings look very realistic in a sense, albeit realistic in depicting forms which do not exist. My point is that he makes these forms believable, due to the intricate details they have.

Giger's work is an interesting intersection of realism and surrealism. There is a strong structural quality to his work, taking the distorted forms of the surrealists and "solidifying" them in a way which was, when he first began working, largely unprecedented. This is at least partially because of his background in architectural and interior design, something which is apparent in the skill with which he solidified his style in his later design work. It's no coincidence, I think, that Beksiński was also educated in architecture- like many artists who originate in that field, they have a concern for structure, both in it's monumental and minute form, that some other artists may lack.

And as may have become clear, I have a great, big, throbbing, um, heart, for Giger's work. He more or less created the entire biomechanical aesthetic, which, when you fall into art through scifi, cyberpunk and heavy metal album covers as I did, is pretty significant. My entire high school portfolio was heavily inspired by his work (that is to say, badly derived from), the self-evidence of which neatly summed up by the first reaction of an interviewer "So, I see you're a fan of Giger?"
Ironically, I ended up doing architectural design.

 

[Kyriakos]

Traitorfish do you still paint? If so i would be interested in seing some of your creations

 

[holy king]

i dont find the two examples of giger very interesting. (especially the chairs are lame), but this beksinski makes me curious.

 

[Kyriakos]

I agree that Beksinski's work looks wonderfull I wonder why i have never heard of him. I read in wiki that he died (was murdered) only a few years ago.

 

[Anonymoose]

All I know is that a lack of color indicates a lack of intelligence when children paint, so it must be especially true in adults. This guy and the other guy like him are both obviously ********.

 

[Kyriakos]

It is true that most of his work has few colours, although there appear to be very detailed chromatic scales of them

Personally i like plenty of colour as well, moreover when they set a dark tone

 

[Aegis]

All I know is that a lack of color indicates a lack of intelligence when children paint, so it must be especially true in adults. This guy and the other guy like him are both obviously ********.

So adults and children who are color blind are not intelligent?

 

[Traitorfish]

Traitorfish do you still paint? If so i would be interested in seing some of your creations

'Fraid not. Fell off the art wagon for the most part, after I started uni. Never seem to able to find the time for it these days...

 

[Kyriakos]

I think that this is my favourite Beksinski painting, of those i have seen up to now:

Very apocalyptic. Man is reduced to a bleeding, hideous creature, and everything lies in irreversable ruin.