Research Catalog

Title

David Weiss : works, 1968-1979 / [editors, Karen Marta, Simon Castets].

Author

Weiss, David, 1946-2012

Publication

New York : Swiss Institute, c2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marta, Karen
• Castets, Simon
• Swiss Institute (New York, N.Y.)

Description

309 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 23 cm.

Summary

David Weiss': Works, 1968?1979 illuminates the pioneering Swiss artist?s early work before his well-known collaboration with Peter Fischli. The book features his cartoon imagery, ethereal abstractions and electric cityscapes hidden away until his untimely death, as well as previously unpublished writings, unveiling a young David Weiss developing the irreverent vocabulary that would later define the groundbreaking work of Fischli/Weiss. 00Intimate anecdotes of Weiss? youth told by close friends Urs Lüthi and Hans Ulrich Obrist explore his creative determination and repeated voluntary exiles, while curator Douglas Fogle considers the ecology of influences on his early work, from Robert Walser to Bugs Bunny. The book is published in the Swiss Institute series, which adds retrospective context (essays, artist portfolios, archival materials and other documentation) to exhibitions at Swiss Institute in New York.

Series Statement

The SI series

Uniform Title

SI series (Swiss Institute (New York, N.Y.))

Subjects

• Art, Swiss
• Exhibition catalogs
• 1900-1999
• Art, Swiss > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Weiss, David, 1946-2012 > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at Swiss Institute, New York, December 11, 2014-February 22, 2015.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781942607236
• 1942607237

OCLC

• 945355202
• SCSB-10007058

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library