Peter Fischli, David Weiss : how to work better / [edited by] Nancy Spector and Nat Trotman.

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French, German Publication details: New York : Guggenheim Museum Publications ; Munich : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2016.Description: xix, 379 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmISBN:

9783791355023
3791355023

Other title:

How to work better
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Fischli and Weiss

Contained works:

Fischli & Weiss. Works. Selections

Subject(s):

Fischli & Weiss -- Exhibitions

DDC classification:

709.2 FIS

Contents:

Peter Fischli and David Weiss : Work -- What Shall I Waste My Time On? / Nancy Spector -- Phantoms / Nat Trotman -- Bad Products / Ann Goldstein -- Public Relations / John Kelsey -- Still Lives / Isabelle Graw.

Summary: Throughout the course of their collaboration, Peter Fischli and David Weiss celebrated the sheer triviality of everyday existence, observing the world with bemused detachment. As this book shows, their often humorous work offers a sustained reflection on the intertwined strands of leisure, productivity and playful absurdity that shape our lives. With its deliberately mundane subject matter and quotidian source material, their work explores the poetics of banality in a wide range of mediums, including photography, videos, slide projections, films, books, sculptures and multimedia installations. This retrospective volume features an in-depth, illustrated survey of the artists\' long history of collaboration, from the early Sausage Series (1979)-staged vignettes created in miniature using deli meats and various household items-to their last work, the large-scale public installation Rock on Top of Another Rock (2010-13), augmented by archival images, notes on process and interview excerpts culled from the artists\' Zurich-based archives. A series of probing essays on their practice and thematic concerns rounds out this definitive account of Fischli and Weiss\'s vital contribution to contemporary art. Exhibition: Solomon R. Gugenheim Museum, New York, USA (05.02-20.04.2016).

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.2 FIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100622381

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Paying tribute to an artistic partnership of more than 30 years, this richly illustrated book explores Peter Fischli and David Weiss's acclaimed and influential body of work, known for its sly humor and profound meditations on the everyday. Throughout the course of their collaboration, Peter Fischli and David Weiss celebrated the sheer triviality of everyday existence, observing the world with bemused detachment. As this book shows, their often humorous work offers a sustained reflection on the intertwined strands of leisure, productivity, and playful absurdity that shape our lives. With its deliberately mundane subject matter and quotidian source material, their work explores the poetics of banality in a wide range of mediums, including photography, videos, slide projections, films, books, sculptures, and multimedia installations. This retrospective volume features an in-depth, illustrated survey of the artists' long history of collaboration, from the early Sausage Series (1979)--staged vignettes created in miniature using deli meats and various household items--to their last work, the large-scale public installation Rock on Top of Another Rock (2009-present), augmented by documentary images, notes on process, and interview excerpts culled from the artists' Zurich-based archives. A series of probing essays on their practice and thematic concerns rounds out this definitive account of Fischli and Weiss's vital contribution to contemporary art.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Peter Fischli David Weiss: How to Work Better, Organized by Nancy Spector and Nat Trotman; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 5-April 20, 2016; Museo Jumex, Mexico City, June 9-September 17, 2016--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-376).

Throughout the course of their collaboration, Peter Fischli and David Weiss celebrated the sheer triviality of everyday existence, observing the world with bemused detachment. As this book shows, their often humorous work offers a sustained reflection on the intertwined strands of leisure, productivity and playful absurdity that shape our lives. With its deliberately mundane subject matter and quotidian source material, their work explores the poetics of banality in a wide range of mediums, including photography, videos, slide projections, films, books, sculptures and multimedia installations. This retrospective volume features an in-depth, illustrated survey of the artists\' long history of collaboration, from the early Sausage Series (1979)-staged vignettes created in miniature using deli meats and various household items-to their last work, the large-scale public installation Rock on Top of Another Rock (2010-13), augmented by archival images, notes on process and interview excerpts culled from the artists\' Zurich-based archives. A series of probing essays on their practice and thematic concerns rounds out this definitive account of Fischli and Weiss\'s vital contribution to contemporary art. Exhibition: Solomon R. Gugenheim Museum, New York, USA (05.02-20.04.2016).

Text translated from French and German.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

NANCY SPECTOR is Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.