Neo Rauch, who was born in Leipzig in 1960, is one of the most outstanding painters of his generation. This book presents his recent large works on paper completed in 2003 and 2004. "For Neo Rauch, painting is reflection on what is no longer present. His is a decidedly romantic attitude of refusal that gives deeper meaning to figures frozen strangely in motion-as an allegory of universal alienation from the world and rejection of technology and as a melancholy homage to the unfulfilled promise of freedom and human happiness. There is a constant stream of memory in these works, not only of world history but also of childhood, Pop Art, and comics." (Rudij Bergmann) Exhibition schedule: Albertina, Vienna September 15, 2004 - January 9, 2005