EventsThe New Social Environment#1356

James Prosek: Nature Wonder and the Myth of Order

Featuring Prosek and Phong H. Bui

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific

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Artist James Prosek joins Rail Publisher and Artistic Director Phong H. Bui for a conversation on Zoom. 

James Prosek

A photo of James Prosek on The Brooklyn Rail's New Social Environment

James Prosek is an artist, writer, and naturalist whose work pays homage to the history of art and natural sciences while addressing contemporary environmental concerns. His diverse body of work is the result of extensive travel and field observation. Prosek creates paintings, drawings, and sculptures that evoke the immense biodiversity of our planet and its imaginative potential. The interconnectedness of nature, the ephemerality of boundaries, and the loss of cultural and biological diversity are major themes of Prosek’s work. He has published over a dozen books and exhibited his art globally from the Yale University Art Gallery and the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, the Royal Academy of Arts in London and Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.

Phong H. Bui

A photo of Phong H. Bui on The Brooklyn Rail's New Social Environment
Photo by Nicola Delorme
Phong H. Bui is an artist, writer, independent curator, and Co-Founder and Publisher/Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Rail, Rail Editions, River Rail and Rail Curatorial Projects.

We’d like to thank The Marion Boulton Kippy Stroud Foundation and Teiger Foundation for making these conversations possible, and for their support of our growing archive 🌈✨

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