Blood Tastes Like Iron - A green torso and face are partly overlaid by a red-brown raised form and a pink field, with a small green-and-white…

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Blood Tastes Like Iron

2025-10-14

Medium
acrylic on canvas
Size
approx. 24 × 30 in

Role: primary_artwork

Raw title: Blood Tastes Like Iron

Aliases: Blood Tastes Like Iron, bloodtasteslikeiron

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Recall

The figure is split between bodily weight and explosive force, with the raised arm and red field pushing the image toward martyrdom or impact. Its violence feels internalized: the body is not just acting, but being translated into pain, metal, and spectacle.

Song Pair

King Krule - Half Man Half Shark

Visual Text

No visible text indexed.

Source

source filename: bloodtasteslikeiron.JPG
site image: art-035-blood-tastes-like-iron.jpg

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Colors

orange / brownredgreen

Subjects

Part of

Connectedness #55 of 128

Manual Priority Evidence

  • green figure (!)
  • green skin (!)
  • red (!)
  • hand (!)

Related Works

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Song Pairing: King Krule - Half Man Half Shark

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Works Cited

  • Yukio Mishima, photograph needs URL photographer unconfirmed

    The subject himself.

    Yukio Mishima, photograph
    external source Yukio Mishima, photograph — photographer unconfirmed
  • Yukio Mishima verified Wikipedia

    Mishima reference.

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight verified anonymous, Middle English — Project Gutenberg