short biography

Peter Fischli (b. Zurich, 1952) lives and works in Zürich.
He studied at Academia di Belle Arti, Bologna and at Academia di Belle Arti, Urbino.

David Weiss (b. Zürich, 1946, di. 2012, Zürich) studied sculpture at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Basel.

Peter Fischli and David Weiss have worked together since 1979 until the death of David Weiss in 2012. In 1987 and 1997 they participated at documenta 8 and 10 in Kassel. In 1995 they represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale; got the Golden Lion in 2003; and took part at Venice Biennale in 2013.

For their artistic means Fischli/Weiss used film, photography, sculptures or multimedia installations. Everyday and banal themes and objects were placed by them in an unexpected relationship, thus having an ironic or ridiculous effect and raising philosophical or social questions about meaning and purpose.

https://matthewmarks.com/artists/peter-fischli-david-weiss

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collection/s

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau Art Collection Deutsche Börse Bonner Kunstverein Centre Pasquart, Biel/Bienne Centre Pompidou Paris DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt EVN Sammlung Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao Fondation Cartier, Paris Fotomuseum Winterthur Frac Franche-Comte, Besancon ° Frac Lorraine, Metz GAM Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin ° Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin JULIA STOSCHEK FOUNDATION DÜSSELDORF K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen ' KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil Kunsthaus Zürich Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz ° Kunstmuseum Olten Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Ludwig Forum, Aachen MACBA Barcelona ' MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York Mart Rovereto & Galleria Civica Trento Middlebury College Museum of Art Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich Museo Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo / Mailand Museum Kurhaus Kleve Musée d´Art Moderne de Paris (MAM) REINKINGPROJEKTE Hamburg RUBELL MUSEUM Miami SAMMLUNG GRÄSSLIN St. Georgen Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt Sammlung F.C. Gundlach Sammlung Goetz, München Schaulager, Münchenstein Skulpturenpark Köln Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Städtische Galerie Nordhorn TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza, Wien Tate Collection UBS Art Gallery, New York Vancouver Art Gallery Vögele Kultur Zentrum, Pfäffikon Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Zabludowicz Collection, London
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galleries

Art & Public Cabinet, Genf Barbara Wien, Berlin Carolina Nitsch, New York galerie de multiples Paris Le Case d´Arte, Milan Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles Matthew Marks Gallery, New York Sprüth Magers Berlin Sprüth Magers London
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group exhibition

HITPARADE

15. Aug 2020 ∞
SAMMLUNG GRÄSSLIN St. Georgen
exhibition page
  • 21. Sep 20. Nov
    aktuell 83 Lenbachhaus, München