Published
1-2025
Type of Work
Article
Abstract
The portfolio and practice reflection presents four pieces from, Queer Saints (2025), an evolving new series of photogravure prints. The series plays with the covering and uncovering of the saint’s body and the collision of the erotic and ecstatic in Christian iconography. Each print takes a particular saint and layers a coupling of images together, creating condensed narratives of desire. The layered images haunt one another ghosting both spirit and flesh. This reflection draws on Elizabeth Freeman’s idea of “erotohistoriography” to explore ways of doing history with the body in visual arts practice.
Citation
O'Donnell, M. (2025). Doing history with the saints, Queries 2, 57-63
Link to Published Work
https:queriesjournal.com
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Art Practice Commons, Other Religion Commons, Printmaking Commons