Dagmar Lißke: schwimmen in blau
Since 2000, Dagmar Lißke has been investigating how texts and characters can be read as images. With the exception of a few works, she never changes her basic pictorial idea of utilising the aesthetics of a typeface, depicting characters without full stops and commas and spaces between words. In the picture, legibility thus loses its significance and necessity. Nevertheless, her chosen texts present themselves in an extremely changeable way by altering small nuances of representation. The material always plays an essential role. Graphite and paper form the basis. Her chosen process of creation is almost alchemical: ‘chymical’ as one work is called. Over the years, Dagmar Lißke has developed a process in which she changes the methods and content, as well as the formats of the pictures and their form of presentation. This process of transformation and change or approach is visualised in the selection of works in the exhibition.
The Caspar David Friedrich Society is delighted to honour its long-standing chairwoman in her 80th year with the current exhibition, curated by Katja Lißke.
Exhibition information & Accompanying events
Duration: 19 April - 6 July 2025
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission prices: 8.00 euros regular; 5.00 euros reduced, children up to 12 years and members of the Caspar David Friedrich Society e. V. free.
Further information about your visit can be found here.
Vernissage
19 April 2025 - 2 pm at the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Zentrum, Lange Straße 57, 17489 Greifswald| Exhibition opening in the presence of the artist Dagmar Lißke and the curator Katja Lißke. Admission is free.
Artist talk & catalogue presentation
24 May 2025 - 2 pm in the exhibition. Talk between Prof. Dagmar Lißke & Prof. Dr. Werner Stegmaier and presentation of the accompanying exhibition catalogue.
Guided tour through the exhibition with the artist
27 June 2025 - 7 pm as part of the Long Evening of Galleries
Guided tours through the exhibition (CDFZ_kontemporär)
Wednesdays, 4 - 5 pm
CV - Dagmar Lißke
Dagmar Lißke. Foto: Martin Pauer 2024
Lives and works in Hinrichshagen near Greifswald. Works are in private and public ownership.
| 1945 |
Born in Greifswald, grew up in Krebsow with six siblings |
| 1963 | Abitur at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gymnasium in Greifswald |
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1963- 1968 |
Apprenticeship and work as a chemical laboratory assistant, white seamstress and dressmaker, work on the assembly line at VEB Kleiderwerke Greifswald |
| 1968-1974 |
Studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee with Ursula Fehlig and Arno Mohr, among others, graduating and completing an aspirant programme |
| 1969 | Marriage to the mathematician Günter Lißke |
| 1974 |
Birth of son Martin |
| 1976 | Birth of daughter Katja |
| 1976-1992 | Artistic assistant in the field of fine arts at the Caspar David Friedrich Institute of the University of Greifswald |
| 1992-2010 | University Professor of Fine Arts at the Caspar David Friedrich Institute of the University of Greifswald, retired in 2010 |
| 2006 | Death of Dr Günter Lißke |
| 1999-2014 | Chairwoman of the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Gesellschaft e.V., remains a member of the society's board until 2021 |
| 2004/2011 |
Conception and development of the Caspar David Friedrich Centre in Greifswald |
Awards and honours
| 1997 |
Lotte Hoffmann Memorial Prize for Textile Art
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| 2024 |
Rubenow Medal of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (together with Dr Birte Frenssen) |
Solo exhibition (selection)
| 1985 | Galeria PSP Torún, Neue Dresdner Galerie |
| 1986 | Hansegalerie Stralsund |
| 1987 |
Museum Greifswald, Greifengalerie Greifswald |
| 1993 |
Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche Osnabrück, Museum Greifswald and Ausstellungszentrum der Universität Greifswald |
| 1995 | Galerie im Haus der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung Schwerin |
| 1996 | Kulturhistorisches Museum Stralsund, Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki Torun |
| 1997/98 | Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe |
| 2002/03 | Galerie im Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Greifswald |
| 2003 | Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald |
| 2004 | Galerie Bernau |
| 2006 | Galerie im Kloster Ribnitz-Damgarten |
| 2010 | Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut Greifswald |
| 2013 | Galerie im Caspar-David-Friedrich-Zentrum Greifswald |
| 2025 | Galerie im Caspar-David-Friedrich-Zentrum Greifswald |
Participation in exhibitions (selection)
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1982/83 |
IX. Kunstausstellung der DDR, Dresden |
| 1984 |
Greifswalder Künstler in Kotka, Finnland |
| 1985 |
Textil 85, Kunsthalle Weimar |
| 1986 |
Textilgestaltung aus dem Norden, Kunsthalle Rostock |
| 1987 | „Versuche und Ideen“, Kunsthalle Rostock |
| 1987/88 | X. Kunstausstellung der DDR, Dresden |
| 1988 | Zeitgenössisches Kunsthandwerk aus der DDR, Hannover |
| 1989 | Textilkunst aus der DDR, Galerie Schwedt, Textiltendenzen in der DDR, Galerie am Pfaffenteich Schwerin, Textilkunst im Norden, Kulturhistorisches Museum Stralsund |
| 1990/91 | VI. Biennale der Textilkunst , Krefeld, Mulhouse, Bern |
| 1991 | Sonderschau Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, München, Triennale des Norddeutschen Kunsthandwerks, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig, Riihimäki Finnland, Schloß Güstrow, „Material und Struktur“, Galerie Schwarzes Kloster Feiburg |
| 1992 | „Kunst in Parochial“, Berlin, „Tradition und Experiment“ Galerie Plüschow, „Im weizen Westen“ Kunsthalle Kühlungsborn, „Crossborder“, Museum Aarhus, Dänemark |
| 1993 | Triennale des Norddeutschen Kunsthandwerks, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig, Schloß Güstrow |
| 1994/95 | 6. Triennale des deutschen Kunsthandwerks, Frankfurt am Main, Grassimuseum Leipzig |
| 1995 | „Sommergäste“, Ausstellungshalle Ahrenshoop |
| 1996 | Künstler aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesvertretung Bonn, „Inventur“ Ausstellungszentrum der Universität Greifswald |
| 1997/98 | Künstler aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesvertretung Bonn, „Inventur“ Ausstellungszentrum der Universität Greifswald |
| 2004 | Galerie Ausstellungsraum Auf der Lyss, Basel |
| 2008 | „2g schwarzbunt“, Galerie im Kloster, Ribnitz-Damgarten |
| 2016 | Galerie VELLAMO Kotka, Finnland |
