{"product_id":"giger-by-hr-giger","title":"GIGER By HR Giger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH.R. Giger\u003c\/strong\u003e (1940—2014) reigns as one of the leading exponents of fantastic art. This collects important work from throughout his life, from early pen and ink renderings to his final brightly colored pieces. It also features a lengthy section of his erotic art, none of which we can show here, being very explicit. Full biography and profusely illustrated, all at a bargain price.\n\nHis work ranges from surrealistic dream landscapes created with a spray gun and stencils to album cover designs for famous pop stars to sculptures. In addition, Giger’s multi-faceted career included designing two bars, located in Tokyo and Chur, as well as work on  films -- his most famous, the set design and title figure for Ridley Scott’s film \u003cem\u003eAlien,\u003c\/em\u003e won him not only international fame but also an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects (1980).\n\nAfter he studied interior and industrial design at the School of Commercial Art in Zurich, Switzerland from 1962 till 1970, he soon gained attention as an independent artist. With the film work on \u003cem\u003eAlien, \u003c\/em\u003ehe became an international figure, with art books like \u003cem\u003eH.R. Giger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Necronomicon\u003c\/em\u003e becoming bestsellers and cult classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59639683809566,"sku":"GIGEH","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/product_g_i_gigeh-giger.jpg?v=1784471660","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/giger-by-hr-giger","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}