HR Giger (Relié)

Biographie de Hans Werner Holzwarth

The artist : HR GIGER (1940-2014) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and designer, who combined surrealist influences and dark fantasies to create his very own biomechanical universe. He first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasies of post-apocalyptic creatures and landscapes, and rose to fame through high-profile movie work, most notably the creation of the monster in Alien, which won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
HR Giger was named in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2013. The editor : Hans Werner Holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. His TASCHEN publications include Collector's Editions like Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool, Albert Oehlen, Ai Weiwei, and the David Hockney SUMO A Bigger Book, as well as monographs like the XXL-sized Jean-Michel Basquiat and survey books such as Modern Art and Art Now ! Vols 3 and 4.
The author : Andreas J. HIRSCH, born 1961 in Vienna, is an author, curator, and artistic photographer. His writings include books on Pablo Picasso, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tina Modotti, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the history of Vienna and of Ars Electronica, and HR Giger. From 2009 to 2014, he was curator at the KunstHausWien and organized exhibitions on Henri Cartier-Bresson, Linda McCartney, and HR Giger, among others.