Fischli / Weiss This room brings together selected images from two series of works, Airports (1987-2006) and Flowers, Mushrooms (1997/8). It is an intriguing contradiction that in their search for beauty Fischli / Weiss have explored some of the most clichéd and familiar themes in art history – sunsets, dramatic landscapes, flora and fauna – and some of the most humdrum and unexpected – such as airports, suburban housing estates and motorways. In Fischli / Weiss’s universe, both types of subject matter merit equal scrutiny. Their images of nondescript airports focus on the banal side of air travel; the fuel vehicles, the baggage trucks, the daily routine of the airport worker. These carefully-composed images are strangely placid and restful, without any of the noise and anxiety commonly associated with airports.
