Painter Alexis Rockman Balances Environmental Beauty and Disaster

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Alexis Rockman Naples: Course of Empire
Courtesy the artist and Magenta Plains

Alexis Rockman, Mt. Vesuvius, Autumn, 79 AD, 2024, Oil and cold wax on wood, 36 x 84 in.

Magenta Plains presents Naples: Course of Empire, a series of seven new paintings by Alexis Rockman. Rendered in Rockman’s signature style of history painting, these oil on panel works each display a stage in the life cycle of Naples, Italy and its relationship to the natural environment from the Cretaceous Period to a likely future post-climate disaster.

Event Information
Start Date: January 16, 2025
End Date: March 1, 2025
City: New York, NY
Venue: Magenta Plains

Alexis Rockman Naples: Course of Empire

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