Flashcards on Peter Fischli and David Weiss: Contemporary Art
Peter Fischli & David Weiss: Contemporary Art Explained
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Fischli and Weiss
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Question: Who were Peter Fischli and David Weiss?
Answer: Swiss artists who collaborated as the artistic duo Fischli/Weiss starting in 1979.
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Question: When were Peter Fischli and David Weiss born?
Answer: Peter Fischli was born on June 8, 1952; David Weiss was born on June 21, 1946 (he passed away on April 27, 2012).
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Question: What medium and approach are characteristic of Fischli/Weiss?
Answer: They worked across various media (sculpture, installation, film, photography), manipulating mundane, banal objects and transforming them into new, une
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Question: What is their most famous film, and when was it released?
Answer: Their most famous film is Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go), released in 1987.
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Question: What is the content of the film The Way Things Go?
Answer: The film depicts a chain of explosions, collisions, and reactions among household objects that roll and fly around a studio, directed by the artists.
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Question: Provide an example of two other works or series by Fischli and Weiss and briefly describe them.
Answer: Wursterie (Sausage Series, 1979) – transforming a shelf and a bed into a scene with dressed sausages and an alpine landscape; Polyurethane Objects (fr
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Question: What is the Visible World series (1986–2012)?
Answer: A quasi-encyclopedic collection of thousands of photographs of natural and built landscapes taken by Fischli and Weiss during 25 years of travel.
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Question: What is a common motif or theme in their work?
Answer: The transformation of mundane objects, playing with the obviousness between art and everyday things, and encouraging a new perspective on daily life.
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Question: What materials did Fischli and Weiss often use for sculptures?
Answer: Unusually: unfired clay and hand-sculpted polyurethane, which faithfully imitate common objects.
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Question: What major exhibitions and awards are mentioned in the text for Fischli/Weiss?
Answer: Major retrospectives in museums across Europe and North America, most recently the Guggenheim (2016) and Museo Jumex; participation in Documenta, Skul