Dimensions: unconfirmed: 100 x 150 mm
Copyright: © Peter Fischli and the estate of David Weiss, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This photograph gives me the shivers. It's like peering into primordial soup. Curator: Indeed. This "Untitled" work by Peter Fischli, part of the Tate collection, captures a sense of that very early chaos in its composition. Editor: Is it a photograph of something real? Or an abstraction? The shapes almost resemble asteroids adrift in some dark, swirling nebula. Curator: Fischli's photographs often challenge our perception of scale and reality. He uses simple materials to create complex and thought-provoking images. This one makes me think about the precariousness of existence. Editor: It's strange how something so small, just 100 x 150 mm, can evoke such vastness. It’s a reminder that mystery can be found in the mundane. Curator: Precisely. Fischli invites us to question the boundaries between the macro and micro, urging us to examine our place in the larger cosmic narrative. Editor: I'll definitely be pondering the soup a little differently from now on. Curator: Hopefully, a little more aware of our place within it.
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Untitled 2005 comprises six black and white photographs from the series Photographs (Fotografías) 2005 by the Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. The series consists of underexposed black and white photographs of paintings depicting fairy tale motifs, cityscapes, exotic landscapes, animals, images of the universe and cosmic events, as well as scenes and characters from urban and popular myths, horror stories and science fiction. Fischli and Weiss came across these painted or airbrushed images in amusement parks and fairgrounds from around the world. Over a number of years the artists photographed them using black and white slide film, which is underexposed by two to three aperture points, and printed them on coloured paper to subdue tonal contrasts. Each print measures four by six inches, the standard size for snapshots and postcards. The colourful, large-scale, kitsch paintings are thus transformed into small, dark, haunting photographs.
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