“URTSBC3,” 2012 by Jordan Eagles
New York-based artist Jordan Eagles has been working with blood as his medium for over a decade. His large scale works, which are not for the squeamish or hemophobic, have been exhibited in galleries all across the country.
“FKTS 19,” 2012
“Life Force 2,” 2012
Eagles uses blood he has obtained from slaughterhouses as well as human blood that was donated to him willingly from people who will live on long after they have gone, as a part of Eagles’ ambitious creations. And while most people find the sight of blood unappealing, Eagles says the process of working with blood can be both “meditative and exhilarating,” and that even after working with the unconventional medium for so long he still “gets a thrill out of the energy that comes from the material.” In order to preserve the blood he encases it in plexiglass and UV resin which allows the blood to hold on to its natural colors, structure and patterns, which according to Eagle “embodies transformation, regeneration and an allegory of death to life.”
“Blood Mirror,” 2014
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