For over 35 years, New York City-based artist Alexis Rockman has blended science with informed speculation to deliver a prescient and, at times, apocalyptic vision of the ecological state of the planet. Relying on scientific, as well as historic content, Rockman continues his vision of the challenging collision between civilization and nature in this new body of work, Lost at Sea. Featuring …
For over 35 years, New York City-based artist Alexis Rockman has blended science with informed speculation to deliver a prescient and, at times, apocalyptic vision of the ecological state of the planet. Relying on scientific, as well as historic content, Rockman continues his vision of the challenging collision between civilization and nature in this new body of work, Lost at Sea. Featuring paintings and works on paper, Rockman looks back at the ways in which the world’s waterways have not only transported people and materials, but also culture, religion, disease and plants and animals from …