November is having a dark reputation. I know some people who reference this month as the month of the dead. It is a dark time in the year. Days are noticely get shorter. Halloween is really recent. Great time to explore the dark recess of the mind. There are audacious people who have gone the less explored path of darkess. H. R. Giger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._R._Giger and the official website: http://www.hrgiger.com/) is one in this path. His work challenge, provoque, dig deep into the dark.
To set H. R. Giger to memory, he is best known for his biomechanical airbrush images. In films, he made the Alien Queen in the Alien franchise (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) and Species (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114508/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). This is the tip of the iceberg. He had also touched other area of creation like furniture and album covers. I don't know if the Giger bar is still open. He is from Switzerland.
My knowledge about his is a bit limited. I would like to know more. Learning about an artist help understand more about the art side. Both feed each other. What I would like to understand a bit more is his relationship with Li Tobler (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Tobler) She had a relationship with Giger up to her suicide in the 70's. I think this relationship had an impact on Giger. She was a model for Giger and her face is on many of his work. I am nost sure but I think her death had an impact on Giger. I just wonder if this kind of event had lead him exploring darker shade of the mind or the seeds where there before that. I also wonder where he got his inspiration. What pushed him to his thought provoking art. It is almost wanting to go into their mind and creative process and make an autopsy.
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