Peter Fischli and David Weiss have been collaborating since 1979 on a body of work that humorously celebrates the sheer banality of everyday existence. Utilising a variety of media, including photography, film, video, artists’ books, installation and sculpture, their work playfully ignores the traditional distinction between high and low art.

This unique book, developed in collaboration with the artists, includes contributions from writers, leading critics, commentators, artists and film-makers. Several texts have been specifically commissioned for this project, and others are here made available in English for the first time. Contributors range from leading art critic Arthur C. Danto to cult film-maker John Waters, from curator and writer Hans Ulrich Obrist, to artist Tacita Dean.

Featuring over 200 colour illustrations in layouts designed by the artists Fischli and Weiss themselves, this is the most thorough survey to date of the career of these two fascinating artists. Authors include: Lynne Cook, Stfan Zweifel, Nancy Spector, Ma Küng, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Iwona Blazwick, Daniel Birnbaum, Robert Fleck, Patrick Frey, Arthur Danto, Wilfred Dickhoff, John Kelsey, John Waters, Beat Wyss, Tacita Dean, Andres Lutz, Frederic Tuten, Valentin Gröbner, Boris Groys, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Bice Curiger, Veit Loers, Mark Godfrey, Claire Bishop, Francesco Bonami, Alison Gingeras, Jörg Heiser, Christy Lange, Max Wechsler