H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who burst into the public consciousness on this side of the Atlantic designing the horrific look of the title creature in "Alien," died Monday after being hospitalized with injuries from a fall, the Associated Press first reported. He was 74. Giger's nightmarish blend of biological and technological imagery using a palette that seemed to only include blacks, grays and reds was perhaps not surprisingly fueled by his own bad dreams. The artist kept a journal by his bed, so he could record the imagery from his own nightmares. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...alien-dead-74-article-1.1790245#ixzz31byZbDkB
