David Weiss, 1972 photo by Iwan Schumacher
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1977
Ink on paper, four sheets
We wanted to lure with beauty so that the viewer stays inside the work.
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1975
Ink on paper, two sheets
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1975
Ink on paper, seven sheets
David showed me that irony and sincerity cannot exist without each other–that, indeed, there is no sincerity without irony.
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1975
Ink on paper, two sheets
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1975
Ink on paper, four sheets
Above all, Weiss is having fun with drawing here, challenging himself to see how far he can change the image without giving up the idea of a connection from one iteration to the next.
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1975
Ink on paper, four sheets
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1978
Ink on paper, three sheets
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1978
Ink on paper, nine sheets
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1978
Ink on paper, three sheets
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1978
Ink on paper, two sheets
His thirst for knowledge was tied up with a very particular manner of perception attuned to the nondescript, to ordinary things that typically go unremarked, and with an extraordinary propensity to question–and to take pleasure in questioning–conventions.
David Weiss
Untitled (from Wandlungen/Metamorphoses) 1978
Ink on paper, nine sheets
David Weiss, New York, 1979 photo by Andreas Züst