Saw this artist's work at the Scope Art Fair in NYC last year - Jordan Eagles is a NYC based artist who suspends, encases and permanently preserves animal blood in plexiglass and UV resin. Like a scene out of a gory b-grade horror flick, Eagle's works can make you nauseous and mesmerized all at once. It's like driving by a car wreck, you don't wanna look, but you can't help it... morbid but interesting.
In his own words:
"This technique is designed to retain the blood’s natural colors and textures and to expose its finite details. When lit, the works become more translucent, cast shadows, and project a glow onto the wall behind them. This effect reveals multiple layers of organic material floating in clear resin and makes the works appear as if they are illuminated from the inside. For the blood-lit environments, I use overhead projectors to shine and enlarge patterns from translucent blood panels into spaces. The color photographs document models covered in blood light. The blood light abstracts their bodies and appears as new layers of skin, epidermal diseases, tattoos, and natural birthmarks. The materials and luminosity in this new body of work relate to themes of corporeality, mortality, spirituality, and science—regenerating the blood as sublime."
Vampire Bill and Vampire Eric would be big time collectors of his work... and might even prove useful in case of emergencies or a 'blood famine'..haha!
Jordan's work is currently on show in "Re-Creation", Ogilvy's debut exhibition at its new office, The Chocolate Factory
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