Peter Fischli & David Weiss
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Peter Fischli (* 8 June 1952 in Zurich) and David Weiss (* 21 June 1946 in Zurich), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, are an artist duo that have been collaborating since 1979. They are among the most renowned contemporary artists of Switzerland. Their best known work is the film "Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go)." This was described by The Guardian as being "Post Apocalyptic" as it is all about chain reactions and the way in which objects fly, crash, and explode across the studio it was shot in.
For their work, they make use of a large bandwidth of artistic forms of expression: Film and photography, art-books, sculptures made out of different materials, and multimedia-installations. They adapt objects and situations of the everyday life and place them into an artistic context — often using humour and irony.
Art critics often see in the parodying bearing of their work parallels to the artists Marcel Duchamp, Dieter Roth or Jean Tinguely.
Fischli/Weiss have represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale. Both live and work in Zurich.
Their works are held in the collection of the Tate[1] and the Guggenheim.[2]
Peter Fischli and David Weiss are represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Sprüth Magers Berlin London.
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[edit] Notable Works
[edit] Movies
- 2003 „Hunde“ (Dogs), DVD, color, in endless projection
- 2001 „Büsi“ (Kitty), DVD of a cat eating milk, 6" 30' in endless projection
- 1995 „Arbeiten im Dunkeln“ (Works in the dark), 96 hours of video material with everyday scenes from Zurich on multiple monitors simultaneously
- 1992 „Kanalvideo“ (Sewage video), Video compilation of previously existing recordings of the sewage monitoring service Zurich
- 1987 „Der Lauf der Dinge“ (The Way Things Go), 16 mm, 30 minutes, color, sound, The camera follows the course of the Rube Goldberg Machine (almost) without any cut
- 1983 „Der rechte Weg“ (The right way), 16 mm, 52 minutes, color, sound, Journey of the artist through Switzerland, as a rat and a bear
- 1981 „Der geringste Widerstand“ (The Least Resistance), Super 8, 30 minutes, color, sound, The artists walk through Hollywood, as rat and a bear
[edit] Contributions
2008 Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International [1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Fischli/Weiss at Matthew Marks
- First Run Icarus Films Site for "The Ways Things Go"
- T&C Film Site for "The Way Things Go"
- Fischli/Weiss at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi
