Neo Rauch

Michael Glover offersa detailed examination of the paintings of the acclaimed German painter NeoRauch, whose paintings deftly blend the iconography of Socialist Realism withthe stylistic mannerisms of the Baroque and Romantic past.

Michael Glover is a poet and the visual arts critic and senior feature writer for the Independent. He is also the poetry editor of the Tablet. As an arts journalist, he has been a regular contributor to The Times, the Financial Times, the New Statesman, and The Economist, and a London correspondent for ArtNews, New York. Recent publications include Great Works: Encounters with Art, Playing Out in the Wireless Days, Hypothetical May Morning, and Messages to Federico.