David Weiss
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Peter Fischli and David Weiss, portraits by Pietro Mattioli, in the book "1977", Edition Patrick Frey No. 56 Pietro Mattioli, Edition Patrick Frey -
Objects from the film "The Way Things Go" (1987) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss displayed in the window of Christie's auction house, 2008 (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt) Keystone -
Clay sculptures from the series "Suddenly this Overview", Kunsthaus Zürich, 2007 (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella) Keystone -
Still from the film "The Way Things Go", 1987 Peter Fischli und David Weiss, The Way Things Go -
"The Three Sisters", 1994 Peter Fischli und David Weiss -
Clay sculpture "Baby", Basel, 2000 (Museum for Contemporary Art/Baumann) Museum für Gegenwartskunst/Baumann -
The "Visible World", Kunsthaus Zürich, 2007 (Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella) Keystone -
David Weiss at the Swiss Roswitha Hass Foundation Awards, Zurich, 2006 (Keystone/Martin Rütschi) Keystone -
Image from "Airports", Edition Patrick Frey No.4, 1990 Peter Fischli und David Weiss -
The book "Photographs" by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Edition Patrick Frey Peter Fischli und David Weiss -
"How Soon is Now", Garage Cultural Center, 2011 in Moscow (AFP) AFP -
David Weiss, 1994 (RDB/Vera Isler) RDB/Vera Isler-Leiner
The work of Fischli/Weiss has been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Weiss, who with Fischli won the 2003 Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, died on Friday in Zurich. He was 65.
This content was published on April 30, 2012 - 16:09
David Weiss was born in 1946 in Zurich and studied sculpture in Zurich and Basel. He was diagnosed with cancer last September. His partnership with Peter Fischli, who was six years younger, began in 1979. The pair achieved international recognition in 1987 with the film "The Way Things Go". In the film, the camera follows everyday objects for 40 metres as they interact. (SDA)
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