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
"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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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 |
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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