HR Giger and the city of Chur

HR Giger was born in Chur on February 5, 1940 and died in Zurich on May 12, 2014. To mark the 10th anniversary of his death, the city of Chur and the Bündner Kunstmuseum are dedicating a series of exhibitions and events to him.

HR Giger achieved world fame as the most important representative of Fantastic Realism. The design of "Alien" for Ridley Scott's film of the same name even earned him an Oscar in 1980. However, his dark art, often characterized by sexual motifs, was not to everyone's taste. His native town of Chur also had a hard time with his son, who soon became world-famous. "'Artist' is a dirty name in Chur, meaning drunkard, loafer, idler and debility all rolled into one," Giger once said. And yet Chur played an important role in his artistic development.


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