Peter Fischli & David Weiss: Haus

Name: Peter Fischli & David Weiss: Haus
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SKU: 9783960984740
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Haus is a distinctive artwork by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, initially created for the Skulptur Projekte Münster in 1987. It represents a 1:15 scale model of a four-storey commercial building in the modern international style, designed to blend seamlessly into Münster's cityscape near the railway station. The piece explores the connection between everyday life and architecture, capturing the essence of urban environments. Recreated in 2016 for a Guggenheim Museum retrospective and now permanently installed in Zürich-Oerlikon, Haus stands as a thoughtful architectural reflection through art.
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This book will appeal chiefly to enthusiasts of contemporary art, architecture aficionados, and those interested in public art installations that intersect with urban life.

This book documents installations of a 1:15 scale representation of a modern commercial building by celebrated Swiss duo Fischli and Weiss. These include the 2016 recreation of the 1987 Skulptur Projekte MYnster for the Guggenheim Museum and its permanent installation at Offenen Rennbahn in ZYrich.#376;rich.

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The idea behind Haus was first implemented by Peter Fischli and David Weiss as part of the Skulptur Projekte Münster in 1987. As can be ascertained from the description provided by the artists upon announcing their participation in that exhibition, Haus was intended as a 1:15 scale representation of a four-storey commercial building in the modern international style, which was to atmospherically fit into Münster's cityscape near the railway station, between the cinema and the sausage stand.

The artwork, which is dedicated to reflecting the relationship between everyday life and architecture, was recreated in 2016 on the basis of the original plans from 1987 for the retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. As of May 2018, Haus has been permanently installed in front of the cycle-racing track Offenen Rennbahn in Zürich-Oerlikon.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783960984740

Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 July 2020

Country: Germany

Imprint: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig

Illustration: 237 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Stanlislaus Von Moos
Edited by Luma Stiftung

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 205.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 980g

Pages: 276

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Peter Fischli and David Weiss, often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were an artist duo collaborated from 1979 until Weiss's death in 2012. They were among the most renowned contemporary artists of Switzerland. Their best-known work is the film Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go) 1987, described by the Guardian as being 'post-apocalyptic', as it concerned chain reactions and the ways in which objects flew, crashed and exploded across the studio in which it was shot. Fischli lives and works in Zürich; Weiss died in 2012.