The definitive monograph on the acclaimed German artist Neo Rauch one of the most influential
figurative painters working today Neo Rauch is one of the world's most successful and popular
contemporary artists. A leading force of the Leipzig School the group of artists that emerged
from East Germany in the early 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall Rauch quickly
established himself internationally through his large canvases featuring a crossover between
Surrealism and popular imagery. Characterized by a bright acidic palette Rauch's ambiguous
landscapes are populated by spatially connected alienated figures conjuring a mysterious
atmosphere of distorted nostalgia and failed Utopia. This career-spanning monograph was made in
close collaboration with the artist showcasing Rauch's work alongside essays and texts that
illuminate his work and career.
