The Swiss duo's witty, irreverent work has influenced both contemporary art and car ads. Following the death of David Weiss, Jeremy Millar pays tribute to a unique partnership
It is a small black book and, among the dark pages, hand-written in white, are questions. Like nocturnal doubts, they don't seem to expect an answer, and are offered up to the void more in hope than expectation – and that hope soon dissolves. The book is called Will Happiness Find Me? and is the work of Peter Fischli and David Weiss, two Swiss artists who, over the past 30 years, have made some of the most important, most unexpected and funniest art of our time. Weiss died of cancer in April at the age of 66. "Am I doomed to wander through the vale of tears as a clown?" the book asks. "Is my being filled with serenity?"
While the book might be considered...
It is a small black book and, among the dark pages, hand-written in white, are questions. Like nocturnal doubts, they don't seem to expect an answer, and are offered up to the void more in hope than expectation – and that hope soon dissolves. The book is called Will Happiness Find Me? and is the work of Peter Fischli and David Weiss, two Swiss artists who, over the past 30 years, have made some of the most important, most unexpected and funniest art of our time. Weiss died of cancer in April at the age of 66. "Am I doomed to wander through the vale of tears as a clown?" the book asks. "Is my being filled with serenity?"
While the book might be considered...
- 6/5/2012
- by Jeremy Millar
- The Guardian - Film News
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