Sister. graphite & soft pastel. image © Langdon Graves

Hold, graphite & soft pastel. image © Langdon Graves

Hat Trick. graphite & soft pastel. image © Langdon Graves

pia mater. graphite and soft pastel on mylar. 24 x 24″. 2008. image © Langdon Graves

Mary Mary. graphite & soft pastel. image © Langdon Graves

Magpie. graphite & soft pastel. image © Langdon Graves

LANGDON GRAVES‘work explores the relationship of belief and the body through a layering of symbols and ideals pulled from ancient folklore, organized religion and modern medicine, considering the role of superstition in each.

His drawings portray a series of women and figurative elements laced with iconic superstitious symbolism. In each circumstance, the subject of the drawing wears her beliefs like prostheses that generate both curative and poisonous effects.

The result is a series of drawings and scupltures which cross the line between seduction and disturbance.

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