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Peter Fischli & David Weiss
(Fischli b. 1952, Weiss 1946–2012)

Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss were born in Zürich in 1952 and 1946, respectively.

Fischli graduated from the Academia di Belle Arti, Bologna in 1977 and Weiss from the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zürich in 1964.

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About the artists: From to , Peter Fischli and David Weiss were an artistic duo that explored the poetics of everyday life with a distinctive and.

The retrospective of the work of Peter Fischli and David Weiss previously on display in London and Zurich (and opening at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg this.

From to , Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b.

The pair's year, dazzlingly diverse enquiry into how we interpret reality has spawned countless direct and indirect imitations internationally.

The artists established a collaborative partnership in the late 1970s. Their humorous and playful works, in a wide variety of mediums such as photography, sculpture, installation and video, challenge traditional notions of the art object and the artist himself.

Throughout their oeuvre, everyday objects and experiences are removed from their traditional contexts and transformed into something new, becoming involved in alternative narratives that emphasize the subjective nature of art and the art object.

In their work, irony and contradiction are often present and things are not always what they seem. Fischli and Weiss are best known for the film&