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Edited by Christina Connett Brophy.
With contributions by Robert D. Ballard, Christina Connett Brophy, James T. Carlton, Sylvia A. Earle, Michael R. Harrison, Alexis Rockman, Helen M. Rozwadowski and Nari Ward.
Fueled by an abiding concern with environmental crisis for more than three decades, contemporary artist Alexis Rockman (b. 1962) depicts an ominous and complexvision of ocean life affected by humankindin a monumental new series titledOceanus.
Alexis Rockman: Oceanustakes the viewer on a globaljourney of discovery beneath the world’s changing seas, through the artist’s ethereal and sublime renderings ofreal and imaginary marine life within a fragile ecosystem. Published to accompany an ambitioustraveling exhibitionin North America and abroad, this volume documents Rockman’s newly executed8 x 24-foot panoramic painting Oceanus and ten related large watercolors, important works that tell the story ofhumanity’s indelible relationship with the oceanand the connections between the sea and our own survival, as the artist deftly weaves natural history, art history, archaeology, adventure, political analysis, and science into a story about the human condition.
Complementing this stunning presentation of Rockman’s paintings—as well as manydetails and photographs documenting the artist’s process, along with a rich selection of contextual imagery—areessays by leading writers and scholars on such topics as maritime and oceanic historyand Rockman’s work within the larger context of art history.
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