Collection: Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks

Princeton University Art Museum

Saturday, September 24, 2022–Sunday, November 27, 2022

 

Shipwrecks have long symbolized humans’ inability to control the natural world, and the extreme encounters with nature that can result. In this new body of work, the New York–based artist Alexis Rockman reenvisions shipwreck narratives to focus less on human drama than on the broad planetary implications of the forces behind them, including trade, migration, colonization, and globalization. The artist’s vivid series of large canvases and intimate watercolors points to how an increasingly interconnected world has generated profound ecological change. Rockman is among the most accomplished contemporary eco-artists, having for several decades examined issues at the nexus of natural history, climate change, and biodiversity. With Shipwrecks, he reimagines specific events in maritime history from a perspective that considers all life-forms.

Alexis Rockman (born 1962) is a contemporary American painter known for his fantastical paintings tackling ecological issues—such as climate change and species extinction—through his large-scale artworks. Rockman studied at the Art Student’s League and the Rhode Island School of Design before earning a BFA at the School of Visual Arts in 1985. He had a mid-career retrospective at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2010. Rockman currently lives and works in New York, NY.

Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks is organized by Guild Hall of East Hampton, N.Y. and presented by Princeton University Art Museum at Art@Bainbridge, Princeton, NJ

A portion of the proceeds from sales of products featuring works in the Shipwrecks collection is paid back to the artist.

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The Lifeboat of the HMS Erebus by Alexis Rockman
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Titanic by Alexis Rockman
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Drifting by Alexis Rockman
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Ablation by Alexis Rockman
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Maelstrom by Alexis Rockman
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Lusitania by Alexis Rockman
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Junk by Alexis Rockman
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Lost Art by Alexis Rockman
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Phosphenes by Alexis Rockman
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Luxborough Galley by Alexis Rockman
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Waking Dream by Alexis Rockman
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The Fate of the Rebel Flag by Alexis Rockman
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Hawaii by Alexis Rockman
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Hawaii by Alexis Rockman
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Liberty Island by Alexis Rockman
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Ca Mau Ceramics by Alexis Rockman
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The Kraken by Alexis Rockman
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The Whale Strikes Back (after Raleigh) by Alexis Rockman
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The Sinking of the Brig Helen by Alexis Rockman
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Robinson Crusoe’s Horse by Alexis Rockman
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The Rhyme by Alexis Rockman
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Lifeboat HMS Terror by Alexis Rockman
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The Boyd Massacre by Alexis Rockman
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Nuestra Señora de Atocha by Alexis Rockman
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Medusa by Alexis Rockman
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Calving by Alexis Rockman
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USS Indianapolis by Alexis Rockman
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Horse Latitudes by Alexis Rockman
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The Things They Carried by Alexis Rockman
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