Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld

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August 23 - December 7, 2025

Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Galleries, Level 1, and Jason D. Kogan Gallery, Level 2

The first two-person survey exhibition of these renowned artists, Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld explores their shared allegiances and sustaining friendship over three decades. The exhibition will unite some twenty-five sculptures and paintings by both artists along with related works on paper and a major new collaborative piece, offering an absorbing journey into the depths of the threatened natural world. Beginning with a section evoking the fieldwork of pioneering naturalists and explorers, visitors will encounter a field-station tableaux by Dion alongside Rockman’s paintings of local ecosystems, often with cross-sectioned views. Ensuing works will address such themes as invasive and endangered species, beleaguered aquatic environments, anthropogenic landscapes, and future scenarios evincing effects of climate change and waning biodiversity.

 

Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld is organized by the American Federation of Arts. Support for the exhibition has been provided by Elizabeth Belfer and Victoria E. Triplett.