…In Auer’s take on landscape painting, a saturated palette brings to life rural and historical settings. These works owe little to traditional modes of representation and ignore the basic laws of perspective. Aspects of contemporary life negotiate the sleepy countryside: bustling highways meander through fantastical forests, and Technicolor houses decorate the mountainside. The overall effect resembles the playful world of children’s book illustrations, where botanical and architectural anachronisms co-exist in harmony…