Alexis Rockman

AlexisRockman,bornin1962,isaleaderamongayounggenerationofartistswhohavereturnedtofigurativecontent.Inspiredbythenaturalsciences,hecreatesperverseyetseductivepaintingsthatexploretheintersectionsbetweenbiologyandtechnology,realityandfantasy.Rockman'searliestworkdealswithnaturalhistoryinwaysthatareeeriebutbelievable;hislatestworkisinspiredbyatriptoGuyanaandbylate-nineteenth-andearly-twentieth-centuryscienceexpeditionnarratives.Thegraphicpresentationofthisfull-colormonographisatour-de-force,withstrikingreproductionsofRockman'sbeautifullyrenderedandthought-provokingpaintings.