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Eagles has been working with blood as an artistic medium since the late 1990s.
The concept Eagles calls blood equality permeates his work today.
Using this blood for art-making instead of transfusions or treatments, Eagles says, is an utter waste.
My whole body of work addresses blood as a life force.
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Recoiling from the comic book, a needle.
IV tubing leads down to a blood bag, mostly full.
Will You Save Superman?
(2018) fixates on Supermans head leaning back on an operating table.
His cape is his pillow.
With his eyes closed and brow knit, its clear he is unable to save himself.
Surrounding his portrait, latex medical gloves with all but their middle fingers turned down crowd the work.
Its unusable blood; theyre hands that wont help.
Were letting Superman die.
