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
Menstrual blood pictures
by Petra Paul (Vienna, Austria)
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All pictures are 30 x 21 centimeters (about 11.1 x 8.2 inches)
and use the artist's menstrual blood.
NEXT page 2, 3, 4
Interview with Petra
Paul
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Petra Paul writes (Harry Finley's translation of her German
e-mail, which follows the cartoon),
Dear Harry,
I'm happy that you're showing my pictures on your homepage.
I've had the most varied reactions to the exhibited pictures here in Vienna
- some were negative. But those are mostly from women who are disgusted
by pictures of menstrual blood. That inspired me to draw the cartoon that
I've sent you [below].
How did you get the idea of starting a menstruation museum?
I think it's great what you're doing - this museum is probably unique.
Greetings from Vienna,
Petra
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Translation of Ms. Paul's cartoon:
Box 1: "Blah, blah, blah, 33" - "I'm 13"
- "14"
Box 2: "I've got to go to the toilet."
Box 3: "AAAARGH"
Box 4: "Screech!"
Box 5: "Many women can't tolerate the sight of blood. Therefore they're
in a coma 3-4 days every month." Petra Paul 2003 |
Original e-mail, translated above:
Lieber Harry,
es freut mich, dass Sie meine Bilder auf Ihre Homepage stellen.
Habe hier in Wien die verschiedensten Reaktionen auf die ausgstellten Bilder
erlebt - manche waren negativ. Es sind aber meist Frauen, die sich vor
Menstruationsblutbilder ekeln. Dadurch wurde ich zu einem Comic inspiriert,
der Ihnen gesandt wird.
Wie kamen Sie eigentlich auf die Idee, ein Menstruationsmuseum
zu machen? Ich finde es toll, was Sie machen - dieses Museum ist wohl einzigartig.
Liebe Grüße aus Wien
Petra
More menstrual blood pictures by Petra
Paul: NEXT page
2, 3, 4 Interview
with Petra Paul
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Interview with Petra Paul and synopsis of her career (see the March
update)
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NEXT artist: Ana
Elena Pena
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
© 2003 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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