(Re-)stories – (Re)visions in the TORHAUS-GALERIE: Art from Traces and Time
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When Traces Become Images: (Re-)stories – (Re)visions in the TORHAUS-GALERIE
The exhibition combines painting, collage, and photography into a quiet, precise art experience that looks back on the traces of time. In the TORHAUS-GALERIE Göttingen, works by Norbert Schmidt-Mispagel and Karsten Knigge meet for the first time in a joint presentation. Admission is free, and the exhibition runs from 22.08. to 20.09.2026, every Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 5 PM. ([kulturis.online](https://www.kulturis.online/de/kalender/67068-ge-schichten-schichtungen))
Layers, Traces, Perception
Norbert Schmidt-Mispagel develops his visual worlds from impressions of weathered advertising walls in southern France. Cave paintings, graffiti, and other forms of wall painting condense into collages in which surface, structure, and memory intertwine. Karsten Knigge focuses on color traces on asphalt, faded road markings, and found gloves; his photography works with experimental perception, montage, and the poetic power of the everyday. ([kulturis.online](https://www.kulturis.online/de/kalender/67068-ge-schichten-schichtungen))
An Exhibition about Seeing in Everyday Life
Both artists live in Göttingen and share a long, biographically charged history: they have known each other since the 1970s when Schmidt-Mispagel taught Knigge in art class at IGS Göttingen. The joint exhibition thrives on this constellation of re-encounter and distance. Here, self-education, art pedagogy, and photographic borderline experiences meet. The result is an exhibition that transforms the ordinary into an aesthetic experience. ([meineregion365.de](https://www.meineregion365.de/freizeit-familie/ge-schichten-schichtungen-mit-norbert-schmidt-mispagel-und-karsten-knigge-3169099))
Exhibition Atmosphere in the Historical Torhaus
The TORHAUS-GALERIE itself is a special place: a former mortuary has been transformed into a vibrant space for art, music, and readings. The architecture at the historic cemetery enhances the contemplative impact of the exhibition and gives the image surfaces plenty of room to unfold. Those who enter here do not experience a loud presentation but a focused observation of works with subtle transitions between material, memory, and light. ([goettinger-verschoenerungsverein.de](https://goettinger-verschoenerungsverein.de/))
What Visitors Can Expect
At the opening, Dr. Ute Reichmann will speak, musically accompanied by the duo Soulstrings. Regular opening hours during the exhibition are on Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to 5 PM. Free admission makes the visit particularly attractive for art enthusiasts who want to discover contemporary painting, collage, and photography in a focused setting. ([meineregion365.de](https://www.meineregion365.de/freizeit-familie/ge-schichten-schichtungen-mit-norbert-schmidt-mispagel-und-karsten-knigge-3169099))
Conclusion: (Re-)stories – (Re)visions shows how art with memory emerges from traces, surfaces, and found objects. Anyone interested in contemporary exhibition culture, photographic experiments, and painterly condensations should definitely experience this exhibition live at the TORHAUS-GALERIE. ([kulturis.online](https://www.kulturis.online/de/kalender/67068-ge-schichten-schichtungen))
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