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 these pages (it's
free!), contact MUM
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