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
The artist e-mailed me: "I saved
the blood from the last day of my
last period (I had a hysterectomy
last week) and mixed it with
acrylics to paint an homage to my
womb. I think the colours are
interesting and I'm sure that they
will change with time.
"Thank you for a site full of
wisdom and encouragement.
"Yours, Luiza Brown"
Then she wrote the following:
I was feeling very apprehensive
about my upcoming hysterectomy. My
anxiety increased every time I
spoke with a woman who had gone
through the surgery; their
comments seemed negative and spoke
so much about "loss." I determined
to do something positive, to in
fact honor my womb rather than
mourn its loss. So I decided to
save the blood from the last day
of my last period in order to
incorporate it into some sort of
piece of art.
I prepared the canvas by using a
thick gesso base in which I
painted the basic design; within
my open uterus are forms
representing my daughter and son.
I used acrylic paints as my base
and added blood to each. I think
it's interesting the way the
colors were affected. Already the
painting is changing, as the
colors mute and become even more
organic-looking. I call it
"Hommage dans le sang dans mon
uterus." Sounds more
mysterious/romantic in French, eh?
I am pleased to have found such
an intimate and personal manner in
which to deal creatively with the
loss of my uterus. It feels good
to have something concrete to
relate to when I feel conflicted
about the loss of that which made
me a mother.
Luiza Brown
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NEXT artist:
Nikoline
Calcaterra
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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