Giger's sculptures consist of industrial materials, blended with shapes reminiscent of anatomical structures. A well-known example is the Birth Machine, which reflects Giger's themes of life and death as well as dehumanization through technology.

May 21, 2019 · Chances are, H.R. Giger has given you a nightmare. The Swiss-born painter was responsible for creating one of the most iconic monsters in the history of the human imagination: the xenomorph,...

May 22, 2015 · H. R. Giger displays the human skull given to him at the age of six by his father in the new documentary "Dark Star: H. R. Giger's World." Swiss surrealist painter H. R. Giger...

Sep 16, 2016 · And it’s no surprise they look grotesquely human: They were made with real human skulls at the tip of their elongated heads. Learn more about the brilliant design process of the monsters from ...

Apr 7, 2003 · The face section of the head at the front of the body can be lowered mechanically revealing a fortified skull which spits death and destruction. In the top of the skull is a landing area for flying machines.

HR Giger's sculpture «Torso with long skull shape» stands in the garden of the Graubünden Art Museum. Half human, half machine, the figure reminds some visitors of the science fiction films «Alien».

In fact, the locomotive skulls on the SPECIES train bear a resemblance to the 1976 painting he made for DUNE. Giger thought SPECIES a natural fulfillment of his dream, as it could allow him to realize, in a working 3-dimensional form, a lifelong passion.

When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that. In Chur, Switzerland, where I grew up, one museum had an Egyptian princess in a sarcophagus. And a few decades...

Though "holding death in your hand" frightened him, young Giger dealt with his fear by dragging the skull around the town by a string. Other brushes with overcoming his fears included regular visits to a mummy in the basement of a local museum which had terrified him at first.

The artwork presents an intriguing and surreal depiction of mechanical and organic forms seamlessly blending together, characteristic of Giger’s unique biomechanical style. It features two humanoid figures with elongated skulls and intricate respiratory tubes connected to each other and embedded within a mechanical structure.