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Peter Fischli und David Weiss
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Peter Fischli, born 1952 in Zurich
David Weiss, born 1946 in Zurich
The two artists have been working together since 1979, and live in Zurich.

Kunsthaus Zürich
Kunstwissen.de
Kunstwegen Nordhorn
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Gummiskulpturen
In this series, Fischli and Weiss have brought together trivial objects considered of great importance in everyday life, and from them made sculptures of black rubber-like Polyurethane. Three cupboards were cast in negatives made of chipboard coated with synthetic resin. Profiles were created either with strips of silicon glued to the negative or through countersinking. Details such as the cardboard back panels typical of cheap furniture were formed from silicon and attached directly to the joined pieces of the negative. The sculptures are stabilised by a core of cellular glass.
 
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Betonlandschaften 2003
Fischli and Weiss modelled the four landscapes directly in concrete. Hidden behind the apparent coincidence and meaninglessness of these modelled topographies are possibly traces of something more meaningful.
 
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Further examples – Contemporary Art:
Carl André | Anna-Maria Bauer | Rudolf Blättler | Reto Boller
Com&Com | Markus Daum | Katalin Deér | Urs Fischer
Fischli und Weiss | Barbara Heé | Roland Herzog
Horta van Hoye | Hans Josephsohn | Peter Kamm
Franzsika Koch | M&M | Joseph Felix Müller | Markus Raetz
Ugo Rondinone | Thomas Stricker | Hans-Ulrich Theilkäs
Ueli Torgler | Andro Wekua | René Zäch