The gallery is excited to announce Vanishing Point, a solo exhibition of new paintings and watercolors by Alexis Rockman. The new suite of paintings and watercolors in Vanishing Point are conceived from unexpected perspectives, collapsing the boundary between the viewer and the world we inhabit. Tree canopies, underwater fauna, and fantastical flora all tower above. These works embody Rockman’s career-long interest in biology and ecology, with a biologist’s keen awareness of diverse species and habitats. It is the thick impasto found within the paintings and the deft manipulation of watercolor which grounds Rockman as an artist. There is a hallucinatory quality to the cacophony of color found in the watercolors, coupled with the more realistic renditions of forest in the paintings.
The large-scale watercolors in this show are some of the largest ever executed. Examining the euphoria, psychedelia, and enchantment of experiencing nature, these works encourage the viewer to set aside fatalism in favor of an energetic defense of the environment.
Vanishing Point will be on view at the gallery in tandem with the artist’s two-person exhibition with Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman, A Journey to Nature’s Underworld, which opened at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami on February 13th and will be on view through July 19th. This 35 year survey show of these two renowned artists traveled from the Tang Teaching Museum after stops at The Bruce Museum (Greenwich, CT) and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (Virginia Beach, VA).
Open to all visitors from 11—4 pm. Progressive Art Brunch brings together participating galleries several Sundays throughout the year. The event highlights the current programming at each venue and enables visitors a more intimate look at the exhibitions on view.
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