'The poetics of banality': Fischli and Weiss's work – in pictures

Rat and Bear played by Peter Fischli and David Weiss in The Least Resistance and The Right Way at the ICA, London
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Photograph: Stefan Altenburger

Honour, Courage and Confidence from the series Quiet Afternoon (1984-5)
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Still from Patrick Frey's documentary Making Things Go (1985/2006), which shows the artists rehearsing for their film The Way Things Go
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© Peter Weiss / David Fischli

Still from Hunde
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Installation view of the room Geschnitzte Polyurethan-Objekte, at Tate Modern
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Still from The Right Way (1983)
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© Peter Fischli / David Weiss

Outlaws, from the series Quiet Afternoon (1984-5)
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Funny and Silly, from Suddenly This Overview (1981)
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A room of clay sculptures with the series title Suddenly This Overview (1981-2006) at Tate Modern
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Still from The Least Resistance (1980-1)
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At the Carpet Shop from the series Sausage Photographs (1979)
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Untitled, from the series Flowers and Mushrooms (1997-8)
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Peter Fischli and David Weiss in a still from Making Things Go (1985)
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