Alexis Rockman Shipwrecks / Andrea Grover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grover, Andrea, author.

Contributor:

Guild Hall of East Hampton, host institution, publisher.

Peabody Essex Museum, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rockman, Alexis, 1962---Exhibitions.

Rockman, Alexis.

Rockman, Alexis, 1962-.

Shipwrecks in art--Exhibitions.

Shipwrecks in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

111 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 25 cm

Other Title:

Shipwrecks

Place of Publication:

East Hampton, NY : Guild Hall ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books--D.A.P. / 2021.

Summary:

The shipwreck narrative is used to explore globalization, colonization and climate change in the masterful works of contemporary American painter Alexis Rockman. In Shipwrecks, Alexis Rockman (born 1962) looks at the world's waterways as a network by which all of history has traveled. The transport of language, culture, art, architecture, cuisine, religion, disease and warfare can all be traced along the routes of seafaring vessels dating back to and in some cases predating the earliest recorded civilizations. Through depictions of historic and obscure shipwrecks and their lost cargoes, Rockman addresses the impact both factual and extrapolated the migration of goods, people, plants and animals has on the planet. This timely publication, which includes essays from leading scholars, is propelled by impending climate disaster and the current largest human migration in history, taking place in part by waterway. Exhibition: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA (06.03-31.05.2021) / Guild Hall of East Hampton, East Hampton, USA (12.06-18.07.2021).

Notes:

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Alexis Rockman, Shipwrecks, organized by Andrea Grovers, Executive Director, Guild Hall"--page [112].

ISBN:

9781942884958

1942884958

OCLC:

1263758619