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HR Giger (1940–2014) is one of the outstanding figures in Swiss art and design history, celebrated around the world for his design of the fantastic creatures and eerie environments that terrified moviegoers in Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction film Alien<\/em>. Yet very little is known about Giger’s childhood and youth in his native town of Chur. A trove of photographs, drawings by the young boy Hansruedi, and early art works that already reveal the future HR Giger’s artistic force, recently unearthed in the Giger family’s former holiday home in the Grisons, now offer intimate insights into his early years until the early 1960s.<\/p>\n

Richly illustrated with more than 230 images from that collection, HR Giger: The Early Years<\/em><\/strong> tells, for the first time, the story of those two decades before Giger decided to move to Zurich and train as an architect and designer in 1962. Supplemented by brief texts as well as by statements from his schoolmates, friends, and others, these images form a lively picture of that period: family episodes; the Mickey Mouse adaptations Giger created at the age of ten; his growing love of jazz music, photography, and weapons; the trips around Europe he took together with his friends; and the youth culture of Chur of the 1950s and 1960s that shaped him. The volume will appeal to any fan of the extraordinary art and the fascinating personality of HR Giger.<\/p>\n

Text in English, German and French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First book telling the story of celebrated Swiss artist and designer HR Giger’s childhood and youth. Features more than 230 previously unpublished family photographs, childhood drawings, and early art works. Text in English, German and French.
Foreword: Urs Marti, Mayor of Chur 6
\nHow This Book Came About 8
\nThe Way to the Source 9
\nChildhood 11
\nTeenage Years 51
\nAdolescence 67
\nFamily 121
\nContemporary Witnesses 147
\nSporadic Return to Chur 175
\nEpilogue: Stephan Kunz, Grisons Museum of Fine Arts 184
\nAcknowledgments 188
\nPicture Credits \/ Index of Persons 189
\nImprint 190
\nPartners 191<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52099,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49980","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"author-by-author-charly-bieler","8":"publisher-scheidegger-und-spiess-ag-verlag","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHR Giger - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: HR Giger, Pages: 192 Pages, Publish Date: 8th Aug 2024, Author: Charly Bieler, ISBN: 9783039421961. 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