Rockman renders crashing ships invisible behind clouds of snow.
Alexis Rockman
A New Twist on Marine Painting at the Peabody Essex Museum
Artist Alexis Rockman examines the future of our planet through historic shipwrecks.
Take a Virtual Nature Walk at Wave Hill
The cultural center has successfully reimagined an exhibition to better suit an online presentation.
Alexis Rockman Paints the Past and Possible Futures of the Great Lakes
In an exhibition at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Rockman portrays the histories and environmental crises of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem.
Alexis Rockman Captures Long Island’s Flora and Fauna in Dirty Field Drawings
Alexis Rockman is probably known best for his large-scale, vividly colored paintings that encapsulate the threatened state of the natural world, often integrating futuristic imagery.
When Snakes Could Walk: Contemporary Artists Take On the Garden of Eden
In a 1483 German Bible, the Garden of Eden is depicted as a corralled green circle; Adam and Even are ejected from its manicured grass to a hilly wilderness, with a trail leading off into the unknown. This idealized interpretation of original sin sits alongside more modern takes on our relationship with our environment in the Museum of Biblical Art’s Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden.
American Museum of Natural History Launches Online Archives with Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman
This Monday the American Museum of Natural History launched a new digital platform with thousands of images from their archives. It kicked off the initiative with an event featuring two artists who have been profoundly influenced by its collections.