Peter Fischli

Peter Fischli (8 de Junio de 1952 en Zurich) y David Weiss (21 de Junio de 1946 en Zurich), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, are an artist duo that have been colaborador de since 1979. They are among the most renowned contemporary artists of Switzerland. Their best known work is the film "El Curso de las Cosas (The Way Things Go)." This was described by The Guardian as being "post apocalyptic" as it is all about cadena reactions and the way in which objects fly, crash and explode across the studio it was shot " en. For their work, they make use of a large bandwidth of artistic forms of expression: cine y fotografía, tipo de libros, esculturas made out of different material, and multimedia instalación. They adapt objects and situaciones from everyday life and place them into an artistic context—often using humour and irony. En more than 25 years of activity, Fischli & Blanco have exhibited en some of the most important institutions and museo worldwide including Museo Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; el Museo Ludwig, Colonia; MACBA, Barcelona; Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, París, San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art de San Francisco; el Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Serpentine Gallery de Londres o el museo Kunsthaus de Zurich, Zurich; and Tate Modern de Londres. The Swiss duo has also participated in the Swiss Pavilion at the Sevilla, EXPO de 1992. En 2008, the Nicola Trussardi Fundación presented Altri fiori e altre domande, la primera retrospectiva en Italy of Swiss artists installed in the 17th century rooms of Palazzo Litta en Milan. Tipo de críticos often ver en el parodying bearing of their work parallels to the artists Marcel Duchamp, Dieter Roth or de Jean Tinguely. Fischli/Weiss have represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale. Both vivo y trabajo en Zurich. Their works are held in the collection of the Tate and the Guggenheim. Peter Fischli y David Weiss are represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery, New York y Sprüth Magers Berlín, Londres.