Peter fischli and david weiss biography samples

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

        1. Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss were born in Zürich in and , respectively.
        2. For decades, the Swiss artist-duo Fischli/Weiss (Peter Fischli and David Weiss) tickled and befuddled art lovers with a mixture of.
        3. Peter Fischli (born 8 June ) and David Weiss (21 June – 27 April ), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were a Swiss artist duo that collaborated.
        4. Peter Fischli and David Weiss are Swiss artists who first began working together in the late s.
        5. Peter Fischli and David Weiss's current retrospective, “How to Work Better,” is taken from a ten-point list that the pair spotted in a Thai ceramics factory in.

          6. Peter Fischli (born 8 June ) and David Weiss (21 June – 27 April ), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were a Swiss artist duo that collaborated.!

          Peter Fischli & David Weiss

          Swiss artists

          Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) and David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were a Swiss artist duo that collaborated since 1979.

          Their best-known work is the film Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go, 1987), described by The Guardian as being "post apocalyptic", as it concerned chain reactions and the ways in which objects flew, crashed and exploded across the studio in which it was shot.

          Fischli lives and works in Zurich; Weiss died on 27 April 2012.

          Education and early career

          Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) was born in Zurich.

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          David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012) grew up as the son of a parish priest and a teacher. After discovering a passion for jazz at the age of 16, he enrolled in a foundation course at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich, where in his first year of study he befriended fellow artist Urs Lüthi.

          Having rejected careers as a decorator, a graphic designer