Alexis Rockman: Guyana

In 1994, artist Alexis Rockman ventured to the dense jungles of Guyana, the site for this fantastic dreamscape of biological life. Rockman’s world of nature – described by the artist as zoos in outer space – is tempered by a penchant for the bizarre and the grotesque, but always based upon intimate observation of the environs. Monumental insects – ants, mites, bees, and beetles – vie on Rockman’s vibrant canvasses with anteaters, exotic birds, piranhas, and iguanas.