Έκθεση/Exhibition: Fischli
& Weiss, Flowers & Questions. A Retrospective,Tate Modern, London,11
October 2006 – 14 January 2007
Room 10
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(Peter Fischli,
David Weiss ,Untitled (Tate),Acrylic paint on
polyurethane
foam and mixed media,Dimensions variable, © http://www.tate.org.uk)
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(Peter Fischli, David Weiss ,Untitled (Tate),Acrylic paint on polyurethane
foam and mixed media,Dimensions variable, © http://www.tate.org.uk)
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(Peter Fischli, David Weiss ,Untitled (Tate),Acrylic paint on polyurethane
foam and mixed media,Dimensions variable, © http://www.tate.org.uk)
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(Peter Fischli, David Weiss ,Untitled (Tate),Acrylic paint on polyurethane
foam and mixed media,Dimensions variable, © http://www.tate.org.uk)
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[…] There is also a
certain perversity in the artists’ decision to devote many hours and much skill
to handcrafting imitations of mass-produced objects.
These detailed replicas bring to mind Marcel Duchamp’s ‘readymades’. Duchamp
took pre-existing, mass-produced objects, such as a bicycle wheel and urinal,
and presented them in a gallery context as works of art. However, while
Duchamp’s objects were the real thing, that sense of authenticity is undermined
in Fischli / Weiss’ sculpted simulations. Discussing the parallel, Fischli
comments: ‘Duchamp’s objects could revert back to everyday life at any point in
time. Our objects can’t do that; they’re only there to be contemplated. They’re
all objects from the world of utility and function, but they’ve become
utterly useless.’
