Peter Fischli

1952 Born in Zurich, live in Zurich

1975-76 Academia die Belle Arti, Urbino

1976-77 Academia die Belle Arti, Bologna

David Weiss

1946 Born in Zurich, lives in Zurich

1963-64 pre-course at Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich

1964-65 Kunstgewerbschule in Basel

1970 Sketches, Edition Toni Gerber, Bern

1974 “Drei Geschichten”, Edition Staehli, Zurich

1975 “Up and Downtown”, Edition Staehli, Zurich

1975 “The Desert is across the Street”, Galerie Staehli, Zurich

1975 De Appel, Amsterdam

1976 Galerie Staehli, Zurich

1979 Galerie Gugu Ernesto, Cologne, Germany

1979 Galerie t'Venster, Rotterdam

They have worked together since 1979

Solo Exhibitions:

2001 Monika Sprueth Philomene Magers, Munich, Germany

2000 Museum El Centro de la Imagem, (with G. Orozco, R. Wentworth), Mexico, Mexico
El Museo de las Artes, (with G. Orozco, R. Wentworth), Guadalajara, Mexico
MACBA, Museum d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Sammlung Goetz, (with Mike Kelley), Munich, Germany
1999 Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA
Musee d'art moderne, Paris, France

1998 Arbeiten im Dunkeln, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
White Cube, London, United Kingdom
Monika Sprueth Galerie, Cologne, Germany

1997 In a restless World, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
The Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, USA
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

1996 Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

1995 Schweizer Pavillion, XLVI Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Monika Sprueth Galerie, Cologne, Germany

1994 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA

1993 Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy
Musee d'art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland

1992 Musee National d'art Moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris,
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Sawitzerland
Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland

1991 Kunstverein der Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Achenbach, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Galleria Bonomo, Rome, Italy

Galerie Ghisloaine Hussenot, Paris, FranceIVAM, Valencia, Spain
Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
Galeria Marga Paz, Madrid, Spain

1989 University of South Florida Art Museum, Tampa, USA
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
Monika Sprueth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy
Galerie Susan Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland
Gallerie Akhnaton, Cairo, Egypt

1988 Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
Musee de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble, France
Interim Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

1987 Monika Sprueth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
List Visual Arts Centre, Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Renaissance Society, Chicago, USA
Institute for Art and Urban Ressources, P.S.1, New York, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Dallas Museum of Art, University Art Museum, Berkley, USA
Le Case d'Arte, Milan, Italy

1986 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
The Corridor, Rekjavik, Iceland

1985 Stiller Nachmittag, Monika Sprueth Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Museum Groningen, Netherlands
Centre Culture Suisse, Paris, France
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

1984 Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France

1983 Fieber, Monika Sprueth Galerie, Cologne, Germany

1982 Galerie, St.Gallen, Switzerland

1981 Galerie Balkon, Geneva, Switzerland
Ploetzlich diese Uebersicht, Galerie Staehli, Zurich, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions:

2001 Vom Eindruck zum Ausdruck, Sammlung Graesslin, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany

2000 Museo d'Arte Contemporanea/Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Moment, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Australia
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom
Staged, Constructions of Reality in Contemporary Photography, Bonaktar Jancou Gallery, New York, USA
Hausschau, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany

1999 Trailer, Galerie Kampl im Kunstforum, Munich, Germany
Contemporary Swiss Art, Museum of Contemporary Art-Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Real Stories II, Friedrich Petzel/Marianne Boesky, New York, USA
Looselipssinkships, Projections Video, Galerie Hecey, Luxemburg
Un Muse en Apartment. Une Exposition de Toutes les Gravures, Multiples et Photographies, publies par Parkett, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, USA

1998 Auf der Spur – Kunst der 90er Jahre im Spiegel von Schweizer Sammlungen,
Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Swizerland
11th Biennale of Sidney, Sidney, Australia
Kunstaustellung Holderbank, Holderbank AG, Holderbank, Switzerland
Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Freie Sicht aufs Mittlemeer, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Eight People form Europe, Museum of Modern Art Gunma, Takasaki, Japan
Kunsthalle Cologne, Cologne, Germany

1997 Skulptur Projekte Munster, Munster, Germany
Documenta X, Kassel, Germany
Airport, The Photographers Gallery, London, United Kingdom

1996 Non! Pas comme ca!, Centre d'Art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Nowhere, Louisana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, USA

1995 Zeichen und Wunder, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mai de Ja Photo, Reins, Holland
Micromegas, American Centre, Paris, France

1993 Double Take, Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Post Human, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Equilibre, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Passing Through, Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland

1992 Double Take, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Platzverfuerung, Stuttgart, Switzerland
Weltausstellung Sevilla, Swiss Pavilion, Sevilla, Spain
Oh cet Echo, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Sonderfall Schweiz, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Projekt Schweiz, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Post Human, Asher Edelman Foundation, Pully/Lausanne, Switzerland
Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athen, Greece

1991 Kunst am Ort, Chamer Rooms, Zurich Galerie Walcheturm, Cham,
Switzerland
Metroplolis, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Schwerelos, Grosse Orangerie – Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

1990 The Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Villa Arson, Nice, France

1989 Biennale di Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rooseum, Malmo
Sonnabend Gallery, New York

1988 Skulptur Projekt Munster, Munster, Germany
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
Comic Iconoclasm, ICA, London, United Kingdom
Offenes Ende – Junge Schweizer Kunst, Nurnberg/Erlangen, Germany
The Sonnabend Collection, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Stiller Nachmittag, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich Switzerland

1986 Auf dem Ruecken des Tigers, Shedhalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Pralines, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Soonsbeck, 86, Arnheim ?

1985 Cross Currents in Swiss Art” Serpentine Gallery, London United Kingdom
Nouvelle Biennale de Paris, Paris, France

1984 Zwischen Plastik und Malerei, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover,
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
An international Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1983 Aktuell 83, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
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1982 Neue Skulptur, Galerie Naechst St. Stephan, Vienna. Austria

1981 30 Kuenstler aus der Schweiz”, Train, Innsbruck, Vienna, Frankfurt, Germany

1980 Saus und Braus, Staedtische Galerie zum Strauthof, Zurich,
Switzerland

Videos:

1993 Kanalvideo, (Canal Video)

1987 Der Lauf der Dinge, (The flow of how things go) 16mm, 30min.

1983 Der Rechte Weg, (The right way) 16mm, 30min.

1981 Der geringste Wiederstand, (The slightest Rejection) 16mm, 30 min.