Neo Rauch’s visual worlds fascinate the viewer. A cast of characters that has fallen out of time performs in his mysterious scenarios. Harald Kunde, the main author of this publication, states: “Based on the fundamental experience of the upheaval of social orders and sociocultural systems, his oeuvre reveals the disturbing strength in pausing just before the catastrophe that may happen at any time.”In only several years of straightforward development without any sort of conceptual break, Neo Rauch (*1960) became one of the incontestably great artists on the international art scene. This publication presents his oeuvre, including his latest works, as well as a representative selection of the artist’s best-known paintings. Exhibition schedule: BOZAR, Brussels, February 20 – May 19, 2013