Alexis Rockman by Robert Ballard (Hardcover)

"Published to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Mystic Seaport Museum, this volume documents artist Alexis Rockman's newly executed 8 x 24-foot panoramic painting Oceanus and ten related large watercolors. Complementing Rockman's paintings-as well as many details and photographs documenting the artist's process, along with a rich selection of contextual imagery-are essays by leading writers and scholars on such topics as maritime and oceanic history and Rockman's work within the larger context of art history"--