Jan Fabre at Mucciaccia #london

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Allegory of Caritas (An Act of Love) is Jan Fabre's latest solo show in London. To some people it may sound a little creepy that the paintings were drawn by the artist's own blood. As for the sculptures on display, they are made of red Mediterranean coral.

From the official webpage - "The sculptures are... a poetic encounter between natural matter and artistic vision. Moreover, the drawings created by the artist with his own blood, the vital fluid has been used with clever technical mastery to tell the gestation of his son Django. Art is the privileged tool to represent life, its genesis and its mystery, the opposites, harmony and beauty, that in Jan Fabre’s meticulous research become artworks with a deep allegorical meaning.
There is an ancient bond that links blood to coral. Ovid in the Metamorphoses narrates the mythical birth from Medusa’s blood. The resemblance of the shape of the coral branch to the mesh of blood vessels is clearly visible.
The artist’s vision merges the long symbolic tradition of Coral with the concept of “Caritas”, a Latin word etymologically coming from carus, beloved."

Further Reading:
https://mucciaccia.com/it/allegory-of-caritas-an-act-of-love-jan-fabre-mucciaccia-gallery-london/