Just in time for Halloween, the Iconomaniacs look at blood and other bodily excretions.
Episode 20: Blood
Marc Quinn, Self, 2006
Marc Quinn, Self, 1991
Piero Manzoni, Artist’s Sh*t, 1961
Woman of Willendorf, 25,000–20,000 BCE
Béla Lugosi, Dracula, 1931
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Blood), 1992
Maori, Moko (face tattoo)
Maya, Maize God, Codex-style plate, c. 672-731 CE
Aztec (Mexica), Quetzalcoatl, Codex Borbonicus, early-mid 16th century
Maya, Lintel 17, Yaxchilán, 770 CE
Maya, Lintel 24, Yaxchilán, 709 CE
Aztec (Mexica), Codex Magliabechiano, mid-16th century
Teotihuacan, Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, c. 200 CE
Latex from scored tree, Castilla elastica
Corn of Mesoamerica
Aztec Warriors holding macuahuitl, Florentine Codex, page IX, F, 5v, 16th century
Aztec (Mexica), Mictlantecuhtli
Matthias Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1515
Maasai Men Bleeding A Cow, Tanzania, Africa
Catherine Opie, Ron Cutting Divinity, 2000
Catherine Opie, Untitled (Ron with Crown of Thorns), 2000
Rozz Williams, Christian Death
Darryl Carlton, a.k.a. Divinity Fudge (Catherine Opie, Think Manet: Divinity Fudge, 1997)
Ann Summa, Ron Athey, 2002
Andres Serrano, Sh*t Self-Portrait, 2008
Yipwon, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
Tambaran (Spirit House, Men's Society House), Sepik River, Papa New Guinea
Ron Mueck, Mother and Child, 2001
Womanhouse catalog, 1972
Judy Chicago, Menstruation Bathroom, 1972
Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting (The Beast), 1990
Sissy Spacek as Carrie White in Carrie, 1976