Peter Fischli and David Weiss Arrange Sculpture Exhibition at Gallery Eva Presenhuber

ZURICH.- Gallery Eva Presenhuber is showing the group exhibition «Sculpture Now» presenting new works of 27 artists of the gallery. The art works in the exhibition have been arranged by the artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. Doug Aitken Doug Aitken’s «NOW» offers a fascinating combination of image and text. The word’s meaning is illustrated by the image of the three letters thrown back at the viewer by their mirrored surfaces. This interplay of word and image evokes a reflection in the [...]

Newly Acquired Works from the Walker Collection Featured in Exhibition

MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- An empty wooden box, a clear plastic cup, a pair of balloons, a spray of paint, a bed of moss, a moment in time. Exploring the poetic and conceptual promise of minimal gestures and simple materials, the Walker Art Center exhibition A Shot in the Dark, opened on Thursday, features works that transcend their humble means as they evoke other places, times, and states of mind. Consisting entirely of recent Walker acquisitions and rarely seen works from the [...]

Peter Fischli and David Weiss to Receive Wolfgang Hahn Prize Cologne 2010

COLOGNE.- The Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst at Museum Ludwig will be awarding the Wolfgang Hahn Prize for 2010 to the Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. To mark the association’s 25th anniversary, it has succeeded in purchasing a substantial group of works in collaboration with Museum Ludwig and the City of Cologne. The award ceremony and the jubilee celebrations will be held on 19 April 2010, the day before the opening of Art Cologne. “Fischli/Weiss are among the most [...]