David Weiss, Artist on Team Celebrating the Banal, Dies at 65

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David Weiss, one half of Peter Fischli/David Weiss, or Fischli/Weiss, a Swiss art duo known for sculptures, photographs and videos that enumerate, celebrate and ever-so-gently skewer the banalities of everyday life, and for "The Way Things Go," one of the most acclaimed art films of the late 20th century, died on April 27 in Zurich. He was 65.

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Books in the University Libraries collection:

Peter Fischli, David Weiss.
Wilson Library  N7153.F53 A4 2010

Peter Fischli, David Weiss : Ausfluge, Arbeiten, Ausstellungen ; ein offener Index
Wilson Library  Quarto N7153.F53 A4 2006

Peter Fischli, David Weiss : in a restless world
Wilson Library  TR647 .F56 1996


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