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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
"Only she hurts this much,"
by Melina Piroso
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Detail of
painting.
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The artist writes,
Attached is my painting which
I unofficially call "Only
she hurts this much," "she"
referring to my period. Upon
first glance it may seem to be
of a more sexual nature - the
woman seems to be closing her
eyes and running her fingers
through her hair. Yet the
overbearing emotion in this
painting is pain. I completed
this piece during a particularly
rough bout of cramps. To be
honest, I didn't know what the
nature of the painting would be
until I completed the abdomen. I
took one look at it, and knew
exactly what I was trying to
say! It was then I realized the
painting was about my pain.
The only two areas of her body
with tenderness expressed
through color are her face and
her abdomen. They are both
delicate shades of pink, while
the rest of her is composed of
dark and powerful colors. A
ruby-colored stone pointing
upwards represents her vagina.
You can also see the emergence
of two ovaries from this point.
In the dark blue area of her
leg that is propped up appear
words. This is very hard to see,
but in the leg it says "only she
hurts this much." It looks
almost like a psychedelic album
cover from the 60's.
You might also notice the
unusually large elf ears and
hands. I haven't figured out why
I did this.
Anyway! Lol, sorry for such a
long spiel. Well, I am 22, from
Argentina, and have painted my
whole life. Most of my work is
somewhat surrealist in nature.
Lately I have been painting
these colored ladies. I expect
to have a Web site up and
running soon.
Thanks!
Melina
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NEXT
artist: Elentye
Paulauskas-Poelker
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
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