Neo Rauch's skillful pastiches

"Der Nächste Zug" (2007)

The painter "who came from the cold", cold being the old Eastern block. Rauch has been given many tags - post communist Surrealist, new German neo-conservatism painter, social realist, part of the New Leipzig school. Ultimately, his misterious canvases and characters shoot us back uncomfortably to a recent past that has in the meantime lost its coherence.


Sekte (2004)


Die Flamme (2007)


Neue Rollen (2003)

"It should always remain clear that what these aren't incarnations, but, maybe this is a word, incolorations of ideas, and also about impulses. In other words: that's not a figure standing there, not a person, but the colour in this area has coagulated into a person because the author's allowed it to happen." (the whole interview here.)


Demos (2004)


Suburb (2007)


Goldmine (2007)

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Neo Rauch at the Metropolitan Part 1 (youtube)
Neo Rauch at the Metropolitan Part 2 (youtube)
Neo Rauch at the Metropolitan Part 3 (youtube)
Neo Rauch at the Metropolitan Part 4 (youtube)