Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the H.R. Giger museum in Gruyeres, western Switzerland, told The Associated Press that Giger died in a hospital on Monday.
Giger's works, often showing macabre scenes of humans and machines fused into hellish hybrids, influenced a generation of movie directors and inspired an enduring fashion for "biomechanical" tattoos.
"My paintings seem to make the strongest impression on people who are, well, who are crazy," Giger said in a 1979 interview with Starlog magazine. "If they like my work they are creative ... or they are crazy."
My favorite Giger story has to do with how he was recruited by director Jodorowsky when the latter was trying to get his version of DUNE created. Giger's art was perfect to depict Geidi Prime, the home of House Harkonnen. The designs turned out to be as twisted as the planet and it's rulers were in the book. From there Giger drew the attention of Hollywood and the rest is history. His pieces made you look not once or twice but they totally took your attention. I never get bored staring at his stuff. A unique visionary who thankfully left a body of work behind for us to enjoy forever.
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I saw the documentary on Dune - brilliant and a must see if you have not yet. The art from the whole team was like a dream and all of them went on to the most incredible things.
I reviewed it a couple of days ago. Loved that documentary as I am a huge fan of DUNE. To know that the Moebius drawn storyboards still exist. That is incredible.
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