Fischli and Weiss maintained their commitment to
everyday objects and the nature of contemplation in
a range of media practices.
Their first major work of the new millennium
distills many of the key concerns so characteristic
to their oeuvre.Mo ́n Visible(Visible World), 2000,
consists of 14 massive light box tables lined up end
to end in a dark room, displaying 2,800 slides shot
by Fischli and Weiss over the course of 13 years,
including many images seen in their previous colla-
borations. The sheer volume of images places a par-
ticular set of demands on the viewer, and the subject
matter and exhibition method suggest that Fischli
and Weiss will continue to repeat the same set of
concerns in their work: the pleasure of banality, the
status of the artwork, and the limits of positivism.
RONISHAPIRASeealso:Conceptual Photography
Biography
Peter Fischli:Born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1952. Attended
the Accademia di Belle Arti, Urbino,1975–1976 and the
Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, 1976–1977.
David Weiss:Born in Zurich, Switzerland, 1946. Attended
the Kunstgewerbeschule, Zurich,1963–1964 and the
Kunstgewerbeschule, Basel, 1964–1965.
The artists live in Zurich, where they have been working
collaboratively since 1979.
Individual Exhibitions
1981 Plo ̈tzlichdieseU ̈bersicht;GalerieSta ̈hli,Zurich,Switzerland
1983 Fieber; Monika Spru ̈th Gallery, Cologne, Germany
1985 Stiller Nachmittag; Monika Spru ̈th Gallery, Cologne,
Germany
Peter Fischli/David Weiss; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel,
Switzerland
Groninger Museum; Groningen, Netherlands
Centre Culture Suisse; Paris, France
Produzentengalerie; Hamburg, Germany
Ko ̈lnischer Kunstverein; Cologne, Germany
1986 Sonnabend Gallery; New York
The Corridor; Reykjavik, Iceland
1987 Monika Spru ̈th Gallery; Cologne, Germany
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts
Renaissance Society; Chicago, Illinois
Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S. 1; New York
Museum of Contemporary Art; Los Angeles, California
Dallas Museum of Art; Dallas, Texas
Berkeley Art Museum; Berkeley, California
1988 ICA Art Gallery; London, England
Third Eye Center; Glasgow, Scotland
Muse ́e de peinture et de sculpture; Grenoble, France
Interim Art; London, England
Centre d’Art Contemporain; Geneva, Switzerland
Portikus; Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1989 University of South Florida; Tampa, Florida
Sonnabend Gallery; New York
Monika Spru ̈th Gallery; Cologne, Germany
Le Case d’Arte; Milan, Italy
Galerie Susan Wyss; Zurich, Switzerland
Akhenaton Gallery; Cairo, Egypt
1990 Galerie Hussenot; Paris, France
Kunstverein Mu ̈nchen; Munich, Germany
Galerie Marga Paz; Madrid, Spain
1991 Kunstverein der Rheinlande und Westfalen; Du ̈ssel-
dorf, Germany
Wiener Secession; Vienna, Austria
Galerie Achenbach; Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galleria Bonomo; Rome, Italy
1992 Galerie Walcheturm; Zurich, Switzerland
Galleria Locus Solus; Genoa, Italy
Galerie Francesca Pia; Bern, Switzerland
Muse ́e national d’Art Moderne, (Centre Georges
Pompidou); Paris, France
1993 Kunsthalle Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
Le Case d’Arte; Milan, Italy
Muse ́e d’Art et d’Histoire; Geneva, Switzerland
1994 Sonnabend Gallery; New York
1995 Swiss Pavillon; XLVI Biennale Venice; Venice, Italy
Monika Spru ̈th Gallery; Cologne, Germany
1996 In a Restless World; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Serpentine Gallery; London, England
Kunsthaus Zurich; Zurich, Switzerland
1997 Institute of Contemporary Art; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wexner Center for the Arts; Columbus, Ohio
Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, California
Centre de Saint-Gervais; Geneva, Switzerland
1998 Monika Spru ̈th Gallery; Cologne, Germany
White Cube; London, England
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber; Zurich, Switzer-
land
Institute of Contemporary Art; Boston, Massachusetts
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Wolfsburg, Germany
1999 Matthew Marks Gallery; New York
ARC Muse ́e d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Paris, France
2000 Sichtbare Welt, Plo ̈tzlich diese U ̈bersicht, Grosse Fra-
gen-Kleine Fragen; Museum fu ̈r Gegenwartskunst, Basel,
Switzerland
El mon visible; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barce-
lona, Barcelona, Spain
ARC Muse ́e d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris,
France
2001 Busi (Kitty); Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Fischli & Weiss. Mundo visivel; Serralves Museum of
Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
Airports; Monika Spru ̈th/Philomene Magers, Munich,
Germany
2002 Fragen Projektionen; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2003MuseumBoijmansVanBeuningen;Rotterdam,Netherlands
Hunde (Dogs); Matthew Marks Gallery, New York-
Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
Galerie Spru ̈th & Magers, Ko ̈lnSelected Group Exhibtions
1984 An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculp-
ture; Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989 Comic Iconoclasm; ICA Gallery, London, England
1991 Metropolis; Martin-Gropius-Bau; Berlin, Germany
1997 documenta X; Kassel, GermanyFISCHLI, PETER, AND DAVID WEISS