General 2 — MERCEDES F L E A G L E

A PANDEMIC’S FORCE

Series One: GLITCH

GRAPHIC ARTS

This body of work was created using familiar imagery that becomes nearly unrecognizable after being graphically manipulated. They are representative of the neurological ‘glitches’ experienced during a seizure; visual perceptions are often confused as the individual becomes disoriented.

STAY STILL, 2020Marble statue of Aphrodite. Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano — STAY STILL, 2020
*Marble statue of Aphrodite. Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano*

CAN YOU SEE ME?, 2020Detail from Edward Poynter’s Psyche in the Temple of Love, 1882 — CAN YOU SEE ME?, 2020
Detail from Edward Poynter’s *Psyche in the Temple of Love, 1882*

HIDE N’ SEEK, 2020Detail from Rosetti’s La Ghirlandata, 1873 — HIDE N’ SEEK, 2020
Rosetti’s *La Ghirlandata, 1873*

REST NOW, 2020Detail from Gentileschi’s Allegory of Painting,1620-1630 — REST NOW, 2020
Artemisia Gentileschi’s *Allegory of Painting,1620-1630*

UNRAVEL, 2020Detail from Bertha Wegmann’s Portrait of Anna Seekamp, the artist’s sister, 1882 — UNRAVEL, 2020
Detail from Bertha Wegmann’s *Portrait of Anna Seekamp, the artist’s sister, 1882*

ALL OF THE LIGHTS, 2020Detail from Botticelli’s (Solitary) Venus, 1480s — ALL OF THE LIGHTS, 2020
Detail from Botticelli’s *(Solitary) Venus, 1480s*

CUT THE FAT, 2020Detail from Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598-1599 — CUT THE FAT, 2020
Detail from Caravaggio’s *Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598-1599*

CHILL, 2020Detail from Gentileschi’s Mary Magdalene as Melancholy, 1621-1622 — CHILL, 2020
Artemisia Gentileschi’s *Mary Magdalene as Melancholy, 1621-1622*

SMOTEHNIG’S WRNOG, 2020Detail from Herbert James Draper’s By Summer Seas, 1912 — SMOTEHNIG’S WRNOG, 2020
Detail from Herbert James Draper’s *By Summer Seas, 1912*

PHANTOM, 2020Detail from Karel Dujardin’s Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles, Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life, 1663 — PHANTOM, 2020
Detail from Karel Dujardin’s *Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles, Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life, 1663*

SQUEEZE MY HAND, 2020Detail from He Lihuai’s Hands, 2017 — SQUEEZE MY HAND, 2020
He Lihuai’s *Hands, 2017*

ASTONISHING, 2020Detail from Carlo Dolci’s Saint Christina of Bolsena, 1650-1655 — ASTONISHING, 2020
Carlo Dolci’s *Saint Christina of Bolsena, 1650-1655*

IT ALL BEGINS WITH AN IDEA, AN EXPERIENCE.