Post War & Contemporary Art 
29 January 2025
Alexis Rockman, Biosphere: Laboratory - Image 1 of 2
Alexis Rockman, Biosphere: Laboratory - Image 2 of 2
Post War & Contemporary Art 
Alexis Rockman, Biosphere: Laboratory - Image 1 of 2
Alexis Rockman, Biosphere: Laboratory - Image 2 of 2
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Alexis Rockman b.1962

Biosphere: Laboratory

1993
oil on wood with collaged elements 96 h × 136 w in (244 × 345 cm)
estimate: $18,000–24,000
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provenance: Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York | Private Collection
exhibited: Biosphere, 1993, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York | Alexis Rockman: Second Nature, 17 August - 29 September 1995, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (traveling exhibition) | Dreams in the Void, 3 November 2000 - 13 January 2001, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia | Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, 5 April - 7 July 2002, The Brooklyn Museum | The Omnivore's Dilemma: Visualized, 4 February - 25 April 2015, Contemporary Art Galleries, School of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
literature: Alexis Rockman, Gould, Crary and Quammen, pg. 115 Alexis Rockman: Second Nature, Rockman, pg. 15

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I think the idea for me to be radical was to paint the damn thing and make it look like a Dutch still life. That was a radical move when I was in school. That was a point of shame for most artists, and I was like, “Fuck you, I’m going to make every glistening highlight on that dragonfly’s wing kick ass.” I want that mosquito to give you the creeps, viscerally.

Alexis Rockman, Artspace

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