A spokesperson says---
“...Bases Loaded, an exhibition by Jordan Eagles. The artist has explored both the aesthetic qualities and ethical implications of blood since the late 1990s, throughout a practice that has spanned installation, sculpture, photography, and painting. Within the exhibition, baseball—a sport often deemed “America’s pastime”—becomes a canvas to explore divisive notions of team and identity within our current society.
A lifelong fan of the New York Mets, Eagles drew inspiration from the T-shirts routinely offered to blood donors at Citi Field, emblazoned with the slogan, “The Mets are in our blood.” Although he inherited a love for the baseball team from his family, the artist is prohibited from participating in its organized blood drives due to medical policies that discriminate against gay men. For him, the slogan prompted a complicated question, “What is in our blood? Who is allowed to belong on a team, or in a family and society?”..."
