Red titled works will be at Boston show

In our culture the menstrual cycle is seen as something that should remain unspoken about, it is a taboo, something to be ashamed of and a sign of shame. Being aware of extreme situations were girls are not even permitted to go to school by their parents when they are menstruating and seeing how most women are extremely ashamed by the fact that they menstruate brought the conclusion that there is a really big problem regarding something so natural and special as the menstrual cycle, and that awareness should be raised and women everywhere need to be free from repressive stigmas brought by the constant instruction generation from generation of how menstruation is something “bad”. In cultures like ours where there is a strong “macho culture” this kind of situations led to the degradation of females of all ages and create a gap between real equality. The art pieces reflect that “generational silence” past down from mother to daughter and the “life stigma” most women are forced to live with, the intent of the art is to bring a reality to as many people as possible and demonstrate a sad truth and by the same time, hopefully, raise questions and give the spectator a chance to reformulate certain paradigms and begin change.

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