| Peter Fischli & David Weiss: Sonne, Mond Und Sterne Contributor(s): Fischli, Peter, Ruf, Beatrix (Editor), Weiss, David (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 390582941X ISBN-13: 9783905829419 Publisher: Jrp Ringier OUR PRICE: $62.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Since the late 1970s, the Swiss conceptualists Fischli & Weiss have worked collaboratively to produce surprising, witty and oftentimes devious works in a range of media including sculpture, film, photography and installation. This comprehensive black-and-white index of the artists' work from the 1970s till 2003, with text in German only, contains a complete exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. It is an invaluable resource, and brings together an oeuvre influenced by Pop and Conceptual art, Dada and Surrealism that has always managed to defy categorization even while making a superbly deep impression. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - General - Art | Conceptual |
| Dewey: 741.67 |
| Physical Information: 1.79" H x 9.91" W x 12.4" (8.66 lbs) 800 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sonne, Mond und Sterne is an 800-page artist's book consisting of just as many images, inspired by an international selection of magazine advertisements and compiled and organized into loose categories by the influential Swiss artistic collaborators Fischli & Weiss. Designed in collaboration with the rising Zurich design firm NORM, this volume reconfigures Fischli & Weiss' contribution to the Ringier AG Annual Report 2007. It is a revealing--and perhaps unnerving--look at the images and slogans that constitute our glutted contemporary media landscape. The viewer is plunged into a flood of imagery that, when taken out of its original commercial context, unfolds into unlikely open-ended narratives. Based in Z rich, Fischli & Weiss began collaborating in 1979 in a variety of media including photography, video and installation. They are perhaps best known for their playful The Way Things Go (1987), a video documenting the endless machinations of a Rube Goldberg-esque contraption that seems to have no practical purpose whatsoever. This volume, edited by Kunsthalle Z rich Director Beatrix Ruf, is a never-before-published work. |