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Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow

Marsh, Joanna; Avery, Kevin; and Lovejoy, Thomas

Inspired by nineteenth-century landscape painting, science-fiction film, and firsthand study, Rockman’s paintings proffer a vision of the natural world that is equal parts fantasy and empirical fact. Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow is the first major survey of the artist’s work and features forty-seven artworks that trace his career from Pond’s Edge (1986) to The Reef (2009), with its timely reminder of the fragile ecosystems that lie just out of sight but never out of danger. This vividly illustrated volume highlights the artist’s unique synthesis of art and science, along with a meticulous attention to detail and striking use of color. The compelling mix of realism, scientific detail, and environmental polemic results in art that is both a demand for action and an elegy for what has been lost.

To purchase, write to PubOrd@si.edu.

$35softcover
$49.95hardcover

Product Details

Co-Publisher
Copublished with D. Giles Ltd.
Year Published
2010
Pages
176 pp.: Ill. (110 color, 6 black-and-white)
ISBN
  • Hardcover: 978-1-904832-86-7
  • Softcover: 978-0-979067-88-4
Dimensions
9 3411 12 in.

Exhibitions

oil on wood of an ocean scene with a bird in the foreground and a decaying cityscape in the background.
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow
November 19, 2010May 8, 2011
Alexis Rockman (b. 1962) has been depicting the natural world with virtuosity and wit for more than two decades.