Noah Kauertz – Between Landscape, Memory, and Visual Culture

“My goal is to play with the viewer’s perception and the complexity of their vision.”

In Noah Kauertz’s theatrical visual worlds, classical painting traditions, expressive calligraphy, and street art merge into a contemporary iconography that touches the viewer immediately. With his current series “Can’t see the forest for the trees,” he enters a new chapter: landscape painting in the broadest sense.

Born in India and raised in Spain and Germany, Kauertz embodies a cosmopolitan perspective. As a master’s student at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences under Prof. Andreas Orosz, he combines technical excellence with conceptual substance - both in the studio and in public spaces, where he creates monumental murals under the name APHENOAH in collaboration with Oliver Hollatz.

Current Works: Staged Landscapes

His new works emerge through a multi-layered process: digital collages lead to physical miniature models made of cardboard and paper, which are illuminated, photographed, and recollaged - an interplay between analog and digital that leaves deliberately integrated “errors” in the finished painting. The image sources range from art history to pop culture to AI-generated images.

What appears to be a landscape is, at its core, a still life: staged models that create a productive sense of disorientation through their landscape-like framing. The color palette is more restrained and subdued than in earlier works - clear color moods instead of garish primary colors.

Kauertz poses a fundamental question: How do we see landscape today, when thousands of images have already shaped our perception? His answer is not a nostalgic gesture, but a precise engagement with the visual oversaturation of our time.

The E30 Gallery is proud to represent Noah Kauertz. We would be happy to show you his work.