| H.R. Giger is recognized as one of the world's
foremost artists of Fantastic Realism. Born in 1940 to a chemist's
family in Chur, Switzerland, he moved in 1962 to Zurich, where
he studied architecture and industrial design at the School of Applied
Arts. By 1964 he was producing his first artworks, mostly ink
drawings and oil paintings, resulting in his first solo exhibition
in 1966, followed by the publication and world-wide distribution
of his first poster edition in 1969. Shortly after, he discovered
the airbrush and along with it, his own unique freehand painting
style, leading to the creation of many of his most well known works,
the surrealistic Biomechanical dreamscapes which formed the cornerstone
of his fame. To date, 20 books have been published about Giger's
art!
Giger's musical enthusiasm and his avant-garde
approach to industrial and practical design is right at home in the Ibanez
camp. The first result of this collaboration is the new Ibanez RGTHRG1
H.R. Giger guitar photographed above which features Giger's "NY City XIX"
graphic, the Edge Pro II locking trem bridge and two Ibanez Infinity
pickups! |
