7On the occasion of Neo Rauch's sixtieth birthday, the art historian Ralph Keuning conducts an interview with the artist. They talk about the new paintings from 2020 and dive into the visual cosmos. We discover new aspects about Neo Rauch's personality, his dialogue with the figures on the canvas, the efforts of creating his works, as well as the search for balance and stability in painting and life. The catalogue presents the previously unpublished paintings from 2011 to 2019. The retrospective is accompanied by conversations on selected works. With more than sixty illustrations. Cover: Neo Rauch, Die Entzündung (Detail), 2020 (c) Neo Rauch, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020 Courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig / Berlin David Zwirner, New York / London / Hong Kong / Paris Photographs: (c) Uwe Walter, Berlin Image editing: Josephine Tischer, Berlin Graphic design and typesetting Andrej Loll, Büro Total