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If you create or own art
concerning menstruation or menopause
and are interested in showing it on
thesepages (it's free!), contact MUM
Marie Claire magazine
(Italian edition) featured several
of the above artists in an article about
this
museum and menstruation in 2003. The
newspaper Corriere della Sera (Io Donna
magazine) (Milan, Italy) and the magazine
Dishy (Turkey) showed some of
the artists in 2005 in articles about this
museum.
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The Art of Menstruation at the Museum of
Menstruation and Women's Health
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Wine Glass
The symbolism of red wine
representing blood. This symbolism
links with
the sacrifice of blood in many
religious traditions. The glass
shape is
the feminine form. The tampon
stops the flow. Blood marks our
major life
events. We are born in blood, we
begin adulthood in blood, we begin
our
sex lives in blood, we begin
parenting in blood. I celebrate
this creative
blood.
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Burning Pain
Period pain can feel like burning
inside. The pain can be severe and
debilitating
but it is for a beautiful purpose.
Although suffering can inspire
great
beauty, debilitating pain should
not be ignored. Some women need to
have
their pain treated.
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All photos copyright 2007
Margaret Kalms
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The Australian Margaret
Kalms, the artist, writes,
Margaret Kalms uses symbolism and
imagery to depict menstruation in
a
beautiful way. She gives women
positive images of menstruation to
counteract
the negative stereotypes that are
around us all the time.
These photographs are important
social statements on the status
and identity
of women and empower women to be
in charge of how they present
their bodies.
Prejudice and embarrassment has
stopped some women from seeking
needed health
treatment causing unnecessary
suffering. Many women are
reluctant to talk
about how she feels even if she is
in pain or has medical issues.
Margaret's
art can help overcome this
prejudice. Margaret has exhibited
her work in
Canberra and Burrill Lake. More of
her work can be seen at;
http://www.artofwoman.com.au
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artist: Brina
Katz
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artists in the links in
the left-hand
column.
If you create or own art
concerning menstruation or
menopause and
are interested in showing it on
thesepages (it's free!), contact
MUM
See
also
Bea Nettles' art The
Moonsisters
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