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

Art critics often see parallels to Marcel Duchamp, Dieter Roth or Jean Tinguely in Fischli and Weiss' parody bearing work.
Wurstserie (1979) was Fischli and Weiss' first collaborative project, setting the tone for their future work. In the series, ordinary sausages and … See more

Their works are held, among others, in the collections of the Tate, United Kingdom, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida, and the Guggenheim, New York. See more

Movies
• 2003 Hunde (Dogs), DVD, color, 30 minutes
• 2001 Büsi (Kitty), DVD of a cat drinking milk, 6 minutes, 30 … See more

Fischli and Weiss had their first solo exhibition in 1981 at the Galerie Balkon in Geneva. After showing Suddenly This Overview at the Galerie Stähli in 1981, they became regulars on the international art scene. Their first solo exhibition in the United States was … See more

Fischli and Weiss won the Golden Lion prize at the 2003 Venice Biennale for Questions, an installation of over 1,000 photographic slides of handwritten existential questions the artists had collected over many years. In 2006 they received the … See more

• 2008 Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International See more