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
The artist e-mailed me: "I saved the blood from the last day of
my last period (I had a hysterectomy last week) and mixed it with acrylics
to paint an homage to my womb. I think the colours are interesting and I'm
sure that they will change with time.
"Thank you for a site full of wisdom and encouragement.
"Yours, Luiza Brown"
Then she wrote the following:
I was feeling very apprehensive about my upcoming hysterectomy. My
anxiety increased every time I spoke with a woman who had gone through
the surgery; their comments seemed negative and spoke so much about "loss."
I determined to do something positive, to in fact honor my womb rather
than mourn its loss. So I decided to save the blood from the last day of
my last period in order to incorporate it into some sort of piece of art.
I prepared the canvas by using a thick gesso base in which I painted
the basic design; within my open uterus are forms representing my daughter
and son. I used acrylic paints as my base and added blood to each. I think
it's interesting the way the colors were affected. Already the painting
is changing, as the colors mute and become even more organic-looking. I
call it "Hommage dans le sang dans mon uterus." Sounds more mysterious/romantic
in French, eh?
I am pleased to have found such an intimate and personal manner in
which to deal creatively with the loss of my uterus. It feels good to have
something concrete to relate to when I feel conflicted about the loss of
that which made me a mother.
Luiza Brown
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NEXT artist: Nikoline
Calcaterra
See all the 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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work on this Web site in any manner or medium without written permission
of the author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org
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