Peter Fischli
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Peter Fischli is a Swiss contemporary artist, best known for his long-term collaboration with David Weiss on playful, conceptual works that explore everyday objects, humor, and the absurd.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peter Fischli canonical | 1 |
| artist duo Fischli/Weiss | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3375789 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Fischli Context triple: [Kunsthaus Zürich, hasWorkBy, Peter Fischli]
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A.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
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B.
Urs Fischer
Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
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C.
Thomas Hirschhorn
Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his politically charged, large-scale installations made from everyday materials that critique consumerism, power, and social inequality.
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D.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a contemporary German artist known for his meticulously constructed life-sized paper models that he photographs to explore themes of memory, media, and representation.
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E.
Karl Spoerri
Karl Spoerri is a Swiss film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and key driving force behind the Zurich Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Fischli Target entity description: Peter Fischli is a Swiss contemporary artist, best known for his long-term collaboration with David Weiss on playful, conceptual works that explore everyday objects, humor, and the absurd.
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A.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
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B.
Urs Fischer
Urs Fischer is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his large-scale, often surreal sculptures and installations that play with everyday objects and materials.
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C.
Thomas Hirschhorn
Thomas Hirschhorn is a Swiss contemporary artist known for his politically charged, large-scale installations made from everyday materials that critique consumerism, power, and social inequality.
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D.
Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand is a contemporary German artist known for his meticulously constructed life-sized paper models that he photographs to explore themes of memory, media, and representation.
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E.
Karl Spoerri
Karl Spoerri is a Swiss film producer and cultural entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and key driving force behind the Zurich Film Festival.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeSince | late 1970s ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
film
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installation ⓘ mixed media ⓘ photography ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
banality of daily life
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everyday objects ⓘ humor ⓘ perception and reality ⓘ the absurd ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Venice Biennale Golden Lion
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surface form:
Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
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| basedIn | Zurich ⓘ |
| collaborativeName | Fischli/Weiss ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952 ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual photography
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installation art ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Dada
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Surrealism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Peter Fischli
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
artist duo Fischli/Weiss
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| movement |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Documenta (Kassel)
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surface form:
Documenta
Guggenheim Museum exhibition ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ
surface form:
Tate Modern retrospective
Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaboration with David Weiss ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Equilibres (Quiet Afternoon)
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Polyurethane Objects ⓘ Rat and Bear ⓘ Suddenly This Overview ⓘ The Way Things Go ⓘ Visible World ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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filmmaker ⓘ photographer ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| partnerInArtisticCollaboration | David Weiss ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Zurich ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Peter Fischli Description of subject: Peter Fischli is a Swiss contemporary artist, best known for his long-term collaboration with David Weiss on playful, conceptual works that explore everyday objects, humor, and the absurd.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
artist duo Fischli/Weiss