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
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