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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
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"Freedom with Wix"
Encaustic collage, 5" x 7"
Leigh Radtke, 2004
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"Fax 1930"
Encaustic collage, 5" x 7"
Leigh Radtke, 2004
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"Cashay Tampon Insertion
Instructions"
Encaustic and batik, 8" x 11"
Leigh Radtke, 2004
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The artist's
postcard, front and
back,
announcing her exhibit
in 2004.
All
art and the artist's
statement are
copyright
2004 Leigh Radtke.
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NEXT:
Next page of
Leigh Radtke's art here.
See and read more
about Wix,
fax
and Cashay.
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Leigh Radtke's - the artist -
statement:
My life as an artist began with
a monotype printing class taken
at Fogbelt Studios in the
Sunset. I fell in love with
printing. I discovered that
printing is playing. I play with
oil based inks and all sorts of
collage materials such as,
magazine clippings, plastic
dolls, dried plants, plastic
fruit, pieces of flags, and
recently Barbie. Printing had
lead me to resin and encaustic
mixed media pieces. Left to my
own devices my political bent
peaks out in my work and my love
of Americana can not be denied.
What I would most like to convey
is that I can express my
political views, make fun of the
absurdities of our culture and
represent nature all while
completely enjoying myself!
I am an artist and a poet. I
have exhibited at The Sanchez
Art Center, with the Santa Cruz
Art League, Northern California
Arts, in group shows with the
Sunset Artists Society and one
of my Barbie's was in Altered
Barbie's 2004! My poems have
been published in the Adirondac
review, Shampoo Poetry, and
Hazel Street.
Now that the formalities are
done, let me tell you a little
about my art. One day
while reaching for a tampon the
insertion instructions fell to
the floor. I thought that the
instructions would make a
wonderful collage element. Then
I came across MUM. How wonderful
those old images are! Well to
make a long story short, Harry
allowed me to use the images and
an encaustic collage series was
born. One of my goals with these
collages was to make the viewer
need to take a close look to
understand the subject matter.
To see a collage and think, 'oh
how pretty', and then smile!
Another goal was to bring
tampons out as the bell of the
ball! To make them look pretty,
happy, and fun! I hope I have
succeeded!!! My encaustic
collages often consist of wax,
nylons, plastic, thumbtacks,
wallpaper, cyanotype prints,
monotype prints and pieces of a
photograph. The translucent
quality of wax makes it a great
collage medium. This
see-through-ness is something I
really enjoy and use a lot in my
art.
Please feel free to e-mail me
at lar773@yahoo.com
All art and the artist's
statement are copyright 2004
Leigh Radtke
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NEXT
artist: Jacqueline
Rixon
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
© 2004 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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