Articles tagged with: hr giger
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For this months feature, the Creep Machine not only had the pleasure to show the art of Vincent Castiglia, but to also interview him. I do hope what is recorded below will give viewers a greater understanding into the artwork that Vincent creates, but also to foster a greater appreciation of it. Vincent creates his paintings with only the use of his own blood. Looking past the medium one can clearly see that he is creating allegorical paintings, dealing with the ideas of life, death, and rebirth. Works of art that are iconic and timeless. I would like to thank Vincent for taking the time to answer these questions.
Vincent Castiglia at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery, Gruyeres, Switzerland, 2008: Photo: © 2008 Raphael Siegrist
CM: I know you went to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Was drawing and painting something that you did from an early age, or did you start later?
Vincent: I began drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil and comprehend how to make a mark on any given surface. Making art began like “The Great Escape” for me, and the most efficient way to disconnect from the war zone of what appeared to be a home from the outside world. Those initial marks on paper, walls, or just about anything I chose to draw on would pave the way to a much more contemplative sphere of reasoning and technical execution than what was possible at three or four. But nonetheless those early markings were the formative acts which were to unfold into a tree of destiny, the fruits of which are now my sustenance and the life of my flesh.
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Found this article over at National Post. It’s the 30th Anniversary of one of Giger’s most interesting creations, yet from what the article states, Giger is still upset with how Hollywood treated him. It’s not surprising to learn that any artist is treated a certain way when it comes to the movie business. Whenever a franchise becomes a money maker, any artistic integrity goes out the window. It is sad to learn that Giger could have contributed far more to the movie industry. I have always loved his work and would have loved to see him develop characters and environments for more movies.
I’m attaching the article here, just in case it disappears from the original site.
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This past weekend the “Draw” exhibition opened at the Shooting Gallery in SF. The show was curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey, and contained no less than 360 works of art. It was intense to see that much work dominating the wall space in the gallery. That coupled with the horde of people that stormed into the gallery right when the show started, it was almost too much to handle. They had a pamphlet that had all the works of art listed so it was just a matter or matching up the numbers. I found out about so many new artists, and saw work from some all time favorites like Glenn Barr, Shawn Barber (Shown), Van Arno, Kevin llewellyn, Jonathan Weiner and even from some unexpected ones like Gibby Haynes, David Byrne, HR Giger and Jonathan Levine.
I took a bunch of pics from the show, but as you can imagine it was hard to grab all of them. So head on over to the Creep Flickr account to see what I was able to grab.
Draw @ Creep Flickr
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Here is the list of shows opening up this weekend, looks like it’s going to be one of the busy ones.
Friday:
Double Punch will open “The Right Place”, a group show featuring new works by Kelly Tunstall, Scott Barry, Ryan Bubnis & Alexei Vella.
Rotofugi will host “Flower Parade”, a duo show featuring new works by Jeremiah Ketner and Julie West
Thinkspace Gallery will be opening “Run Rabbit, Run” the latest solo show of Brandi Milne. Also in the project room will be “trouble, clearly” by Cherri Wood and “BLOOD & STEEL” by Alex Garcia. I love Brandi’s new work.
Roq La Rue will be debuting two new shows, “Hiding Out” by Nathan Ota and “The Casual Calamity” by Anthony Pontius.
Saturday:
Gallery Nucleus opens up Grafuck 4 art exhibit and book release.
Black Maria Gallery will be opening “Spring Bazaar”, featuring new works by Juri Ueda, Jamie Fales, Julie Nishioka, Jenna Colby & Tsai-fi. One the project wall will be new works by Saratoga Sake.
Distinction Art will open “Tractus Secretum”, the latest solo exhibition of Aaron Jasinski.
Lebasse Projects will open “Future Perfect” from Tessar Lo & “Lost In Light” from Eric Fortune. The new works from Eric are amazing.
Corey Helford Gallery is opening “Haute Epoch”, the latest solo show of Sylvia Ji. Two limited edition prints will be available at the show.
Shooting Gallery will open “Draw”, a group show curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey and featuring work by Adam Wallacavage, Alex Grey, Ben Tolman, Bob Tyrrell, Clive Barker, Colin Christian, D*Face, Dalek, David Hochbaum, David Choong Lee, David Stoupakis, Derek Hess, Eric White, Fred Harper, Gary Baseman, Gibby Haynes, Glenn Barr, Guy Aitchison, HR Giger, Jad Fair, Jason D’Aquino, Jeff McMillan, Joey Remmers, John John Jesse, Jonathan LeVine, Jonathan Weiner, Katy Horan, Kelly Tunstall, Kevin Llewellyn, Kim Saigh, KRK Ryden/Mark Mothersbaugh, Mark Dean Veca, Michael Hussar, Mike Giant, Mike Maxwell, Paper Monster, Paul Chatem, Richard Colman, Richard Serra, Ron English, Sam Flores, Scott Campbell, Shepard Fairey and daughter Vivienne, Tara McPherson, Tim Biskup, Travis Louie, Van Arno, Vincent Castiglia and many many more.
White Walls right next door will have “Waiting For Ararat”, with new works from Caleb Neelon and Mike Shine. Then right upstairs at the Gallery Three, will be “Winner Warz” Solo Exhibit and Installation by Adam Flores
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The next book of “Surreal and Fantastic Artists” is available over at the Beinart online Shop. Metamorphosis 2 features work by HR Giger, Ron English, Michael Hussar, Chris Mars, Lori Earley, Shawn Barber, Travis Louie, Greg “Craola” Simkins and many more. Check out the full list of artists here: Metamorphosis 2 at Beinart Shop
They also have added some limited edition prints to the shop, a few from Chet Zar, David Stoupakis, Naoto Hattori and Jeremy Geddes (shown second). Check these out in the shop as well.
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A new group show at the Last Rites Gallery opens this Saturday, October 18th. The show features work by” “Carrie Anne Baade, Saturno Butto, Scott G Brooks, Vincent Castiglia, Christopher Conte, Molly Crabapple, Jason D’Aquino, HR Giger, Fred Harper, Michael Hussar, Eli Livingston, John John Jesse, Kris Kuksi, Hiroshi Kumagai, Craig LaRotunda, Michael Mararian, Christian Van Minnen,Lithium Picnic, Anthony Pontius, Paul Rumsey, Xris Smack, Martina Secondo Russo, Chet Zar & more.”
What a killer show, the works should be online this Saturday to view. I popped in a few preview images from the show, in order they are Chet Zar “One Eyed Jack”, Michael Hussar “Modern Devotional” & Inky Dreadfuls with “Children of the Night”.
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Last Rites is a new gallery in New York brought to you by Paul Booth and Genevive Zacconi.
The first show at the gallery will be This April 5th till the 28th. The show is called “Transgression” and features art by: Shawn Barber, Colin Christian, HR Giger, Michael Hussar, John John Jesse, Travis Louie, Dan Quintana, David Stoupakis, Chet Zar & more. This is going to be an amazing show.
Looking at the site, the next year has some really great shows planned. Expect to see shows featuring: Kris Kuksi, Fred Harper, Karl Persson, Kevin Llewellyn, Stephen Kasner and many more.
