A blend of realism, fantasy, and science fiction, Alexis Rockman's eight-by-twenty-four-foot painting Manifest Destiny presents an apocalyptic vision of downtown Brooklyn in the year 5000.  Reduced to crumbling ruins, Rockman's imagined city is submerged underwater as a result of unchecked global warming. Devoid of humans, this new geology is host to a variety of surviving, mutant, and migrant aquatic plants and animals. Influenced by a wide range of sources-scientific illustrations, museum dioramas, Hudson River School paintings, and science fiction movies-this  haunting painting reminds us of our fragility and challenges us to confront the potential destruction that unbridled technological progress and economic expansion may bring. 

Alexis Rockman's residency has been generously funded by the Edward E. Elson Artist-in- Residence Fund and The Nimoy Foundation.