Neo Rauch: A World Between Fragments Neo Rauch, a name synonymous with enigmatic beauty and unsettling realism, has become one of the most significant figures in contemporary German art. Born in Leipzig in 1960, his life began under circumstances that profoundly shaped his artistic vision – the tragic loss of his parents, both promising artists themselves, in a devastating train accident when he was just weeks old. Raised by his grandparents in Aschersleben, a small town in eastern Germany, Rauch’s early years were steeped in the atmosphere of East Germany, a world grappling with the remnant…