Whispers in the Noise at the Treppenhaus Gallery: Experience Contemporary Art
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When Images Speak Softly: Thomas R. Hoess at the Treppenhaus Gallery
Normally, images are silent. In the exhibition Whispers in the Noise – Quiet Assumptions, they nonetheless enter into a conceptual dialogue with their audience. From September 23 to November 10, 2026, the Treppenhaus Gallery in Erlangen will showcase around 45 new works by the artist Thomas R. Hoess, who lives in Hetzles.
Object Images, Collages, and Sculptures in an Open Think Space
Thomas R. Hoess combines object images, collages, assemblages, and sculptures into distinctive visual constellations. Found objects, image fragments, and spatial elements break free from their familiar contexts and gain a new, often unsettling presence in precisely composed visual worlds.
The exhibition navigates between object art, collage, and contemporary assemblage. Its 45 works tell, assert, pose questions, and analyze contemporary life. The seemingly quiet acquires a surprising intensity: materials, forms, and interspaces begin to formulate their own stories.
Aesthetic Experience Between Familiarity and Alienation
The exhibition atmosphere of the Treppenhaus Gallery draws attention to details that remain hidden in transient passing. In conscious engagement with the works, traces of memory, everyday life, and time observation unfold. Light, surface, material, and spatial impact merge into a sensory perception that does not demand a clear answer.
Hoess works with the art-historically significant method of collecting, reinterpreting, and rearranging. As in assemblage, materials are not only used as formal building blocks but also read as carriers of societal reality. An object loses its original function and becomes a sign, a picture surface reaches into space, a sculpture opens the view to unfamiliar connections.
Artistic Position and Cultural Education
Thomas R. Hoess lives and works in Hetzles. His work includes object images, assemblages, sculptures, and photographic works. The publication Light Longing documents his engagement with image effects, material, and concentrated perception. Previous presentations demonstrate his ability to transform everyday objects into independent visual narratives.
For art enthusiasts, the exhibition offers a vivid approach to questions of material aesthetics, meaning formation, and curating. What happens when an object loses its function? How does an image change once it reaches into space? And what stories emerge from the connection of seemingly incompatible elements? The contemplation of the works thus becomes an open process of cultural education.
Artist Talks as an In-Depth Art Experience
The exhibition includes artist talks on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 6 PM and on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 6 PM. The opening takes place on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, at 7 PM. Admission to the exhibition is free.
Conclusion: Quiet Assumptions with Great Impact
Visitors can expect a focused art experience between silence, material poetry, and precise time observation. Object images, collages, and sculptures connect space, form, and societal perception into an independent visual language. Those who wish to experience contemporary art not just as observation but as an aesthetic experience should definitely visit Whispers in the Noise – Quiet Assumptions live at the Treppenhaus Gallery.
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