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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
"Catastrophe at Swan Lake,"
by Ria Lee
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"I'm an emerging New Zealand
artist. The majority of my work is
based on contemporary social
commentary with my concepts being
realised
in sculpture.
"Within my art practice I have
utilized Barbie style dolls to
address
gender oppressive stereotyping.
'The Disaster Series' consists of
three
works, each a parody of the
consumerism surrounding the doll
and the market-place
bombardment of innumerable Barbie
accessories. The dolls are dressed
in
individually tailor-made outfits
each representing a middle/upper
class
leisure activity: a pool party,
shopping, and the ballet.
"Each work is individually
titled: 'Disaster at the
Pool-Party,'
'Catastrophe at Swan Lake,' and
'Late This Month? White Trousers
Always
Brings It On.' The
alluded-to disaster is onset of
unexpected menstruation;
this work is a reaction to the
absurd ambiguity surrounding the
advertisement
of feminine sanitary products.
"The appropriation of Barbie in
this series seems apt to me as
she, I believe, is the least
likely contemporary icon to
menstruate due
to the fact that she has no
genitals.
"I would be extremely honoured
if you would consider displaying
images of 'The Disaster Series' at
MUM.
"Please find attached images of
'Catastrophe at Swan Lake.'
Regards,
Ria Lee"
[By the way, performers who
couldn't wear pads, such as ballet
dancers,
were early users of tampons. See,
for example, A.C.C.
Tamponettes and Lox theatrical
tampons - "Lox"
meaning the tampon was locked in
and couldn't fall out during a
performance.]
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artist: Sharon
Lee
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
© 2002 Harry
Finley. It is illegal to reproduce
or distribute
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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