Current exhibition
Lise Gujer. A New Way of Painting
16. March 2025
In the summer of 1922, Lise Gujer (1893-1967) met the Brücke artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner in the Swiss climatic health resort of Davos. Shortly after meeting him, she began to produce large-format tapestries based on his designs, which inspired Kirchner as a ‘new way of painting’. The colourful and artistically complex textiles depict the Swiss mountains with their animals and people. Some carpets are also dedicated to the theme of dance. The close collaboration between Gujer and Kirchner continued until Kirchner’s suicide in June 1938. More than 10 years later, in the early 1950s, Gujer continued her work on the loom, moving away from Kirchner’s preparatory drawings and creating new variations on previous motifs. The exhibition shows more than twenty of her tapestries as well as numerous preparatory drawings by Kirchner.
The aim of this exhibition is to highlight Gujer’s authorship and thus recognise her place in the history of Expressionism. After more than 20 years, this is the first presentation dedicated to the work of the long-forgotten textile artist.
The presentation will be complemented by an educational room in which weaving techniques and materials will be presented. An experimental weaving station by the artists’ group traces invites visitors to join in the collective weaving. Touching and participating are expressly permitted here! The material to be woven can be chosen by the visitors themselves and the loom can be worked on from all sides.
The exhibition is accompanied by the publication Lise Gujer. A new way of painting. Edited by Stephan Kunz and Lisa Marei Schmidt, with texts by Inka Gressel, Romina Ebenhöch, Bettina Niekamp and Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Scheidegger & Spiess, 192 pages, 35 Euro.
The exhibition and its accompanying publication have been produced in close co-operation with the Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur.
Lise Gujer. A New Way of Painting is organised under the patronage of Her Excellency Livia Leu, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Artists
Programme
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Opening:
Lise Gujer. A New Way of Painting. In Dialogue with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner6 Dec 2024 - Public Tour 15 Dec 2024
- Public Tour in English15 Dec 2024
- Activations15 Dec 2024
- Public Tour 22 Dec 2024
- Public Tour in English22 Dec 2024
- Exhibition Special5 Jan
- Public Tour 12 Jan
- Public Tour in English12 Jan
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The Weaving and Warp Knitting of Images (GER)
Tour / Revisited 18 Jan - Public Tour 19 Jan
- Berlin with Line and Thread (GER/EN/ES)19 Jan
- On-Site Event: Invitation to the textile workstation and weaving mill LebensWerkGemeinschaft 20 Jan
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Threads of Textile Histories (EN)
Tour / Revisited25 Jan - Stretching Sessions (GER/EN/ES)25 Jan
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Weaving and Basketry
Curators' Tour / Brücke-Museum and Museum Europäischer Kulturen26 Jan - Public Tour 26 Jan
- Public Tour in English26 Jan
- Public Tour2 Feb
- Public Tour 2 Feb
- Path of threads2 Feb
- Interventions2 Feb
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Comic hybrid: Drawing with threads and fabrics (GER/EN/ES)
3 – 6 Feb - On-Site Event: Invitation to the textile workshop and weaving mill LebensWerkGemeinschaft7 Feb
- Public Tour 9 Feb
- Public Tour in English9 Feb
- Weaving as a Form of Listening15 Feb
- Public Tour 16 Feb
- Free weaving in space (GER)16 Feb
- Public Tour 23 Feb
- Public Tour in English23 Feb
- Berlin with line and thread 23 Feb
- This is where I learned to love snakes (GER/EN/ES/ID)1 Mar
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Hilos de historias textiles (ES)
Tour / Revisited2 Mar - Activation2 Mar
- Weaving as a feminist practice8 Mar
- Public Tour 9 Mar
- Public Tour in English9 Mar
- Weaving as a Form of Listening9 Mar
- Exhibiting Lise Gujer16 Mar
- Public Tour 16 Mar
- Public Tour in English16 Mar
Staff
Lisa Marei Schmidt, Curator
Luna Weis, Assistant Curator
Daniela Bystron, Curator of Outreach
Luisa Fricker, Curatorial Assistant
Ximena Gutiérrez Toro, Curatorial Assistant of Outreach
Julia Born, exhibition design
traces (Kathrin Köster, Daniel Kupferberg, Marei Loellmann, Carolin Seeliger and Lee Stevens), experimental weaving station
Katharina Stark und Isabell Schneider, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, adcive and research