Jordan Eagles: Centrifuge
Jordan Eagles, BE-AI (Donor), 2023. Courtesy of the artist and New Discretions, New York. © Jordan Eagles
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Princeton, NJ 08540
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Jordan Eagles: Centrifuge traces Eagles’s exploration of the visual power of blood and its use as an artistic medium and metaphor across sculpture, installation, photography, and video.
Through the lens of blood donation guidelines, Eagles advocates for equality and inspires dialogue on the harmful effects of identity-based policies. Many of the works in Centrifuge, created before and during the Food and Drug Administration’s 2023 revised guidelines on blood donation, incorporate human blood paired with American pop culture ephemera and historical documents to create new points of entry to these policy conversations. The blood included in Eagles’s work is not only a material used to create works of art but also testifies to the artist’s collaborative activism with the LGBTQI+ individuals who donated it. Its use invites reflection on blood as a vital aspect of all human bodies, urging a consideration of how policies rooted in identity and bias can fracture that bond.
Curated by
Senior Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions
,Princeton University Art Museum
Sponsor Credit
Jordan Eagles: Centrifuge is made possible by the Kathleen C. Sherrerd Program Fund for American Art; the Melanie and John Clarke Exhibition Fund; and the Virginia and Bagley Wright, Class of 1946, Program Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art; and by the generous support from contributors to the Director’s Exhibition Fund.
