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The Artist Project: Alexis Rockman

Dec 7, 2015 3 MINUTES

"This picture is a time capsule and almost a heartbreaking artifact . . ."

Artist Alexis Rockman reflects on Martin Johnson Heade's "Hummingbird and Passionflowers" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Alexis Rockman, born in 1962, is an American painter.

Alexis Rockman (American, born 1962)

Host and Vector, 1996

Oil on wood panel; 84 1/16 × 72 in. (213.5 × 182.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Nye Family (2002.1) © Alexis Rockman

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