Dietlind Price

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Dietlind Preiss in her backyard garden at Sedanstrasse 34 in Hanover-Oststadt

Dietlind Preiss (* 1940 in Sensburg in what was then East Prussia ) is a German sculptor . The autodidact designs bizarre , often mechanically animated objects with light from self-made or found materials. The artist lives and works in Hanover in her studio Lichtgestalten in Sedanstrasse 34 in the Oststadt district .

Life

Plaque above the passage to the Lichtgestalten studio in Sedanstrasse 34

In the period from 1964 to 1974 studied Dietlind Preiss on teaching English and history. Almost at the same time, she trained as a child psychotherapist from 1970 to 1974 . She then opened a psychotherapy practice for children from 1974 to 1990. From 1983 to 1990, the Hanoverian by choice was active in the art café Ateljee in Döhren . In 1997 she set up her own workshop in Hanover, which she then expanded in 2002 in Sedanstrasse in order to be able to develop further creatively. There she opened her own backyard gallery in 2008. Dietlind Preiss is a member of the Federal Association of Arts and Crafts .

Exhibitions

Quirky bestiary in the August Kestner Museum

Poster at the Museum August Kestner for the exhibition Bizarre Bestiary , extended until April 22, 2014

For the exhibition Skurriles Bestiarium in the Museum August Kestner in Hanover from 2013 to April 22, 2014 Dietlind Preiss created objects with deliberate references to antique exhibits in the museum, for example to baroque porcelain figures, silver drinking games from the 17th and 18th centuries or even to the medieval reliquary from the " Treasure of the Golden Table ". Her works produce “contemporary commentaries, imaginative, creative and profound comments” on the historical artefacts of the August Kestner Museum. In the foreword to the exhibition catalog , Museum Director Wolfgang Schepers wrote:

“ The collages of Kurt Schwitters can also be understood in Dadaist terms , and here the Hanoverian artist ties in with an important tradition. While Schwitters had tickets and program slips or newspaper clippings as a two-dimensional repertoire of his art, Dietlind Preiss made three-dimensional set pieces such as a Biedermeier glass from the war rubble of her house. "

"It goes without saying that the exhibits distributed throughout the museum in appropriate locations should also make you smile, but they are almost always designed comments on topics from art and history."

Previous exhibitions

From 1996 to March 2014, works by Dietlind Preiss could be seen as follows:

literature

Television appearances

Web links

Commons : Dietlind Preiss  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Schepers (Red.), Annerose Bekuhrs: Dietlind Preiss ... (see literature), p. 28
  2. ↑ Michael Stoeber: Exhibition in the Kestner Museum / bizarre public hit (see literature)
  3. ↑ Compare the documentation at Commons (see under the section Weblinks )
  4. ↑ Dietlind Preiss / Kunsthandwerkerin on the bundesverband-kunsthandwerk.de page , last accessed on March 10, 2014
  5. ↑ A leaflet from the Museum August Kestner with a handwritten supplement to extend it until April 22, 2014
  6. ↑ The golden table in context | Nds. State Museum Hanover. Retrieved on May 17, 2018 (German).
  7. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Schepers: Skurriles Bestiarium (preface), in: Wolfgang Schepers (Red.), Annerose Bekuhrs: Dietlind Preiss ... (see literature), p. 2f.
  8. ↑ Note: In the original quoted, the term “ Ernst Schwitters” is mistakenly mentioned .
personal data
SURNAME Preiss, Dietlind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Mrągowo