Taschen Giger 8 smoke-filled jazz clubs

smoke-filled jazz clubs

one of the most heart-stopping images of war in the history of art

Ages 3-7 years

Who today is not familiar with the Hubble Space Telescope’s mesmerizing views of the universe or the pin-sharp panoramas of Mars from NASA’s surface rovers

Taschen Giger 8 smoke-filled jazz clubsSwiss artist HR Giger (19402014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scotts 1979 horror sci fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Gigers biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the past, harking back as far as Gigers